The Odessa File

15
2h 10m
1974
6.6 /10 (192)

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

Overview

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.

Country : Germany, United Kingdom
Genre : Thriller
Languages : Deutsch, Español, English
Released Date: 1974-10-17

Top Billed 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

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