Finland / Oct 17, 1974 / K-16
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kurt Meisel | Alfred Oster |
| Hannes Messemer | General Glücks |
| Garfield Morgan | Israeli General |
| Shmuel Rodensky | Simon Wiesenthal |
| Ernst Schröder | Werner Deilmann |
| Günter Strack | Kunik |
| Noel Willman | Franz Bayer |
| Martin Brandt | Marx |
| Hans Caninenberg | Dr. Ferdinand Schultz |
| Heinz Ehrenfreund | Shapira |
| Alexander Golling | Colonel |
| Towje Kleiner | Salomon Tauber |
| Günter Meisner | General Greifer |
| Gunnar Möller | Karl Braun |
| Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel | Frau Wenzer |
| Christine Wodetzky | Gisela |
| Werner Bruhns | Hoffmann |
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| Til Kiwe | Medal Shop Proprietor |
| Georg Marischka | Prosecution Attorney |
| Dietmar Mues | Wehrmacht Captain |
| Hans Wyprächtiger | Landlord |
| Cyril Shaps | Tauber's Voice (voice) |
| Alexander Allerson | Dr. Ratinger (uncredited) |
| Walter Feuchtenberg | Butler (uncredited) |
| Herbert Fux | Makeup Man (uncredited) |
| Michael Gahr | Officer (uncredited) |
| Nadia Henkowa | Israeli Secretary (uncredited) |
| Wolfgang Lukschy | Sturmbannführer Kranz (uncredited) |
| Miriam Mahler | Esther Tauber (uncredited) |
| Volker Prechtel | Günther Kolb (uncredited) |
| Henning Schlüter | Ludwig Erhard (uncredited) |
| Oskar Werner | Wehrmacht Officer (uncredited) |
| Jean-Pierre Zola | Landlord (uncredited) |
Genres
Thriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Odessa File |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch, Español, English |
| Production countries | Germany, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | John Woolf Productions, Columbia Pictures, Domino Productions, Oceanic Filmproduktion GmbH |
| Release date | 17 ottobre 1974 |
| Production | John Woolf, John R. Sloan |
| Writer | George Markstein, Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross, John Rosenberg |
| Casting | Renate Neuchl, Jenia Reissar |
| Editing | Ralph Kemplen, Marcel Durham |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris, Atze Glanert, Jimmy Turrell |
| Assistant directors | Colin M. Brewer, Wieland Liebske, Ronald Neame, Elaine Schreyeck |
| Additional directing | Atze Glanert |
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| Camera operators | Jimmy Turrell, Atze Glanert, Oswald Morris |
| Additional photography | Atze Glanert, Jimmy Turrell, Oswald Morris |
| Production design | Rolf Zehetbauer, Werner Achmann |
| Art direction | Werner Achmann |
| Set decoration | Werner Achmann |
| Special effects | Richard Richtsfeld |
| Stunts | Vic Armstrong |
| Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leslie Hodgson, Derek Ball, Gordon K. McCallum, Anthony Bowles |
| Sound | Leslie Hodgson, Derek Ball, Gordon K. McCallum, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anthony Bowles |
| Costume design | Monika Bauert, Raimund Stangl, Susi Krause, Ille Sievers |
| Makeup | Raimund Stangl, Monika Bauert, Susi Krause, Ille Sievers |
| Hairstyling | Monika Bauert, Raimund Stangl, Susi Krause, Ille Sievers |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Sweden / Oct 17, 1974 / 15
United Kingdom / Oct 17, 1974 / PG
United States / Oct 18, 1974 / PG
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Denmark / Dec 26, 1974 / 15
France / Jan 22, 1975
Ireland / Feb 21, 1975 / PG
Japan / Mar 01, 1975
Physical media
Netherlands / Nov 17, 2008 / 12 / DVD
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