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The Odessa File

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1974 | 130 min | Thriller

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Why it’s a Sunday Safe Bet

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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Bourne Supremacy or Point Blank, start here.
The mood
Tense, harrowing.
The pace
Fast-moving, at 2 hr 10 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated PG: peril. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
  • Made in 1974: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    69% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesSolid

    6.6 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactStrong

    About 108K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Ronald Neame

  • Jon VoightPeter Miller
  • Maximilian SchellEduard Roschmann
  • Maria SchellFrau Miller
  • Mary TammSigi
  • Derek JacobiKlaus Wenzer
  • Peter JeffreyDavid Porath
  • Klaus LöwitschGustav Mackensen
  • Kurt MeiselAlfred Oster
  • Hannes MessemerGeneral Glücks
  • Garfield MorganIsraeli General