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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

PG, 2 hr. 8 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Ronald Neame

Written By: Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross, George Markstein

In Theaters: Oct 18, 1974 Wide

On DVD: Aug 28, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Jon Voight
Peter Miller
Maximilian Schell
Eduard Roschmann
Maria Schell
Frau Miller
Mary Tamm
Sigi
Derek Jacobi
Klaus Wenzer
Shmuel Rodensky
Simon Wiesenthal
Martin Brandt
Marx
Werner Bruhns
Magazine Publisher Hoff...
Hans Caninberg
Dr. Ferdinand Schultz
Alexander Golling
Colonel
Peter Jeffrey
David Porath
Towje Kleiner
Solomon Tauber
Klaus Lowitsch
Gustav MacKensen
Georg Marischka
Lawyer
Kurt Meisel
Oster
G�nter Meisner
Gen. Greifer
Hannes Messemer
Gen. Glocks
Garfield Morgan
Israeli General
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Frau Wenzer
Ernst Schroeder
Werner Deilman
Cyril Shaps
Tauber
G�nter Strack
Police Official Kunik
Noel Willman
Franz Bayer
Hans Wypr�chtiger
Landlord
Heinz Ehrenfreund
Shapira
Joachim D. Mues
Wehrmacht Captain
Til Kiwe
Medal Shop Proprietor
Gunnar Moeller
Karl Braun
Maximillian Schell

Critic Reviews for The Odessa File

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (5) | DVD (5)

The film makes its points methodically, almost academically.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Nora Sayre

New York Times

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The surprises increasingly fail to surprise.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

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Above average spy adventure w/young Jon Voight.

June 21, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Neame's uninspired direction has a great performance by Jon Voight get thrown under the train.

January 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Voight's performance gives credibility to his character's obsession, but even that cannot overcome the discrepancy between the deeper themes and the routine nature of this piece of box-office action adventure.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Unfortunately, this ends up being mostly a series of mano-a-mano confrontations behind closed doors, with the "revelations" reaching absurd level by the end.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Genuinely effective thriller.

March 29, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Tightly plotted and for the most part pretty convincing Cold War thriller built around a typically muscular performance by Voight.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Frederick Forsyth's novel, The Odessa File, adaptation have a terrific work of the Ronald Neame, that make the audience, together with Jon Voight's character, Peter Miller, discover, all that involved. Tense, chilling, fun and extremely good writing. Fresh.

May 20, 2011