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The Odessa File
1974· PG· 2h 10m· Thriller
“Hamburg, Germany. 1963. Peter Miller is going inside the dreaded Odessa. More than a few people hope he doesn't get out... ever.”
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.
1974-10-17
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DirectorRonald Neame
ScreenplayGeorge Markstein
ProducerJohn Woolf
Director of PhotographyOswald Morris
Original Music ComposerAndrew Lloyd Webber
EditorRalph Kemplen
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Details
Released1974-10-17
Runtime2h 10m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosJohn Woolf Productions · Columbia Pictures · Domino Productions
LanguagesGerman · Spanish · English
CountriesGermany · United Kingdom
Rating6.6/10 · 201 votes
Original languageen
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