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After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.


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

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
The Odessa File is a thriller film released in 1974 exploring themes of suicide, assassin, based on novel or book, nazi, espionage, war crimes. Directed by Ronald Neame, it stars Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell. 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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