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The Odessa File
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The Odessa File

1974-10-17 · 130 min · ★ 6.6

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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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Directors
Ronald Neame
Production companies
John Woolf Productions, Columbia Pictures, Domino Productions, Oceanic Filmproduktion GmbH
Countries
Germany, United Kingdom
Status
Released

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Jon VoightJon VoightPeter Miller
Maximilian SchellMaximilian SchellEduard Roschmann
Maria SchellMaria SchellFrau Miller
Mary TammMary TammSigi
Derek JacobiDerek JacobiKlaus Wenzer
Peter JeffreyPeter JeffreyDavid Porath
Klaus LöwitschKlaus LöwitschGustav Mackensen
Kurt MeiselKurt MeiselAlfred Oster
Hannes MessemerHannes MessemerGeneral Glücks
Garfield MorganGarfield MorganIsraeli General
Shmuel RodenskyShmuel RodenskySimon Wiesenthal
Ernst SchröderErnst SchröderWerner Deilmann
Günter StrackGünter StrackKunik
Noel WillmanNoel WillmanFranz Bayer
Martin BrandtMarx
Hans CaninenbergHans CaninenbergDr. Ferdinand Schultz
Heinz EhrenfreundShapira
Alexander GollingAlexander GollingColonel
Towje KleinerTowje KleinerSalomon Tauber
Günter MeisnerGünter MeisnerGeneral Greifer

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