The Odessa File

The Odessa File (1974)

Hamburg, Germany. 1963. Peter Miller is going inside the dreaded Odessa. More than a few people hope he doesn't get out... ever.

Thriller

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.

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  • Release Date: 1974-10-17
  • Runtime: 2h 10min
  • Director: Ronald Neame

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    Cast

    • Jon Voight

      Peter Miller

    • Maximilian Schell

      Eduard Roschmann

    • Maria Schell

      Frau Miller

    • Mary Tamm

      Sigi

    • Derek Jacobi

      Klaus Wenzer

    • Peter Jeffrey

      David Porath

    • Klaus Löwitsch

      Gustav Mackensen

    • Kurt Meisel

      Alfred Oster

    • Hannes Messemer

      General Glücks

    • Garfield Morgan

      Israeli General

    • Shmuel Rodensky

      Simon Wiesenthal

    • Ernst Schröder

      Werner Deilmann

    • Günter Strack

      Kunik

    • Noel Willman

      Franz Bayer

    • Martin Brandt

      Marx

    • Hans Caninenberg

      Dr. Ferdinand Schultz

    • Heinz Ehrenfreund

      Shapira

    • Alexander Golling

      Colonel

    • Towje Kleiner

      Salomon Tauber

    • Günter Meisner

      General Greifer

    • Gunnar Möller

      Karl Braun

    • Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

      Frau Wenzer

    • Christine Wodetzky

      Gisela

    • Werner Bruhns

      Hoffmann

    • Til Kiwe

      Medal Shop Proprietor

    • Georg Marischka

      Prosecution Attorney

    • Dietmar Mues

      Wehrmacht Captain

    • Hans Wyprächtiger

      Landlord

    • Cyril Shaps

      Tauber's Voice (voice)

    • Alexander Allerson

      Dr. Ratinger (uncredited)

    • Walter Feuchtenberg

      Butler (uncredited)

    • Herbert Fux

      Makeup Man (uncredited)

    • Michael Gahr

      Officer (uncredited)

    • Nadia Henkowa

      Israeli Secretary (uncredited)

    • Wolfgang Lukschy

      Sturmbannführer Kranz (uncredited)

    • Miriam Mahler

      Esther Tauber (uncredited)

    • Volker Prechtel

      Günther Kolb (uncredited)

    • Henning Schlüter

      Ludwig Erhard (uncredited)

    • Oskar Werner

      Wehrmacht Officer (uncredited)

    • Jean-Pierre Zola

      Landlord (uncredited)

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