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The Odessa File is a 1974 drama film directed by Ronald Neame. The cast includes Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, and Derek Jacobi. The screenplay was written by Q249197, who also authored the source work. Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the music, while Oswald Morris served as director of photography. Ralph Kemplen edited the film.
The movie originated in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. It was produced by Columbia Pictures, John Woolf Productions, Domino Productions, and Oceanic Filmproduktion GmbH. Distribution was handled by Columbia Pictures and Netflix, with availability on fuboTV and History Vault. Filming took place at Merkenstraße, and the narrative is set in Germany. The runtime is 130 minutes.
Critical reception includes a review score of 5.7 out of 10 and a 69% rating. An IMDb rating of 7.0 and a TMDb average of 6.616 are also recorded. The film is categorized as a drama and thriller, with keywords including suicide, assassin, Nazi, and espionage. It passed the Bechdel test assessment.
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6.6Following 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.
Cast
- Jon Voight as Peter Miller
- Maximilian Schell as Eduard Roschmann
- Maria Schell as Frau Miller
- Mary Tamm as Sigi
- Derek Jacobi as Klaus Wenzer
- Peter Jeffrey as David Porath
Themes
- suicide
- assassin
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- espionage
- war crimes
- mass murder
- concentration camp
- ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
- investigation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Odessa File
- Director
- Ronald Neame
- Screenwriter
- Frederick Forsyth
- Cast member
- Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
- Composer
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Oswald Morris
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Filming location
- Merkenstraße
- Duration
- 133
- FilmAffinity ID
- 956132
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1975-02-07
- film editor
- Ralph Kemplen
- title
- The Odessa File
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Frederick Forsyth
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 69%
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