The Odessa File (1974)

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The Odessa File is set in Hamburg in the winter of 1963. Jon Voight plays Peter Miller, a German reporter who is investigating the whereabouts of missing Nazi war criminals. After reading the diary of a Holocaust survivor who has recently committed suicide, Miller goes on the trail of in-hiding SS officer Eduard Roschmann (Maximilian Schell). The reporter finds his investigation blocked by members of a secretive group called Odessa. With the help of Israeli activists, Miller persists in his search. Schell's sister Maria also appears in The Odessa File as Miller's mother, the widow of a German soldier. Based on a nailbiting novel by Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File is highlighted by the exquisitely Teutonic score of Andrew Lloyd Webber. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

128 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Ronald Neame

Writer(s):

Kenneth Ross, George Markstein

Producer(s):

John Woolf, John R. Sloan

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence)

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