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The Odessa File

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.

Director

Ronald Neame

Year

Genre

drama, thriller

Box Office

$1,113,301

Production

John Woolf Productions,Columbia Pictures,Domino Productions,Oceanic Filmproduktion GmbH

Awards

N/A

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Peter Miller

Eduard Roschmann

Maximilian Schell

Frau Miller

Sigi

Klaus Wenzer

David Porath

Gustav Mackensen

Klaus Löwitsch

Alfred Oster

General Glücks

Hannes Messemer

Israeli General

Garfield Morgan

Simon Wiesenthal

Shmuel Rodensky

Werner Deilman

Ernst Schröder

Kunik

Franz Bayer

Marx

Dr. Ferdinand Schultz

Hans Caninenberg

Shapira

Heinz Ehrenfreund

Colonel

Alexander Golling

Salomon Tauber

General Greifer

Günter Meisner

Karl Braun

Frau Wenzer

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Gisela

Christine Wodetzky

Hoffmann

Medal Shop Proprietor

Prosecution Attorney

Georg Marischka

Wehrmacht Captain

Joachim Dietmar Mues

Landlord

Hans Wyprächtiger

Tauber's Voice

Dr. Ratinger

Alexander Allerson

The Butler

Walter Feuchtenberg

Make-up man

Officer

Sturmbannführer Kranz

Wolfgang Lukschy

Esther Tauber

Günther Kolb

Volker Prechtel

Ludwig Erhard

Henning Schlüter

Wehrmacht Officer

Landlord

Jean-Pierre Zola

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Peter Miller Eduard Roschmann Hoffmann Israeli General Salomon Tauber

TAUBER I bear no hatred no bitterness towards the German people - The Odessa File

TAUBER I bear no hatred no bitterness towards the German...

Hannah would you mind - The Odessa File

Hannah would you mind

[CHORUS SINGING
"CHRISTMAS DREAM"
IN GERMAN ON RADIO] - The Odessa File

[CHORUS SINGING "CHRISTMAS DREAM" IN GERMAN ON RAD...

[COMO & CHORUS SINGING
"CHRISTMAS DREAM"
IN GERMAN ON RADIO] - The Odessa File

[COMO & CHORUS SINGING "CHRISTMAS DREAM" IN GE...

PETER Events that can change history sometimes hang on tiny chances - The Odessa File

PETER Events that can change history sometimes hang on tiny...

Press.
Sorry, you can't go in there. - The Odessa File

Press. Sorry, you can't go in there.

PETER People are dying all over the world tonight - The Odessa File

PETER People are dying all over the world tonight

Yeah Well I better be going Peter - The Odessa File

Yeah Well I better be going Peter

You know what you could get for the photograph - The Odessa File

You know what you could get for the photograph

I'm tired I've been working all night - The Odessa File

I'm tired I've been working all night

You want to turn me into a cabbage - The Odessa File

You want to turn me into a cabbage

I'm a freelance - The Odessa File

I'm a freelance

The dead and there were many of them were crowded in among us - The Odessa File

The dead and there were many of them were crowded in among...

Captain Eduard Roschmann the SS commandant of the camp - The Odessa File

Captain Eduard Roschmann the SS commandant of the camp

Roschmann had a hobby - The Odessa File

Roschmann had a hobby

[MAN GRUNTS] - The Odessa File

Sometimes Roschmann amused himself - The Odessa File

Sometimes Roschmann amused himself

TAUBER Between 1941 and the end of the war - The Odessa File

TAUBER Between 1941 and the end of the war

[SHOUTING IN GERMAN] - The Odessa File

[SHOUTING IN GERMAN]

Peoples are not evil - The Odessa File

Peoples are not evil

If after my death this diary should be found and read - The Odessa File

If after my death this diary should be found and read

Are you all right? - The Odessa File

Are you all right?

Father would've been
the first person to say, "Go ahead." - The Odessa File

Father would've been the first person to say, "Go ...

PETER:
Is this his wife? - The Odessa File

PETER: Is this his wife?

War criminals are a police matter - The Odessa File

War criminals are a police matter

Riga, and the name was? - The Odessa File

Riga, and the name was?

I think I ought to warn you, Miller. - The Odessa File

I think I ought to warn you, Miller.

It's been a good evening, men,
and good to see you. - The Odessa File

It's been a good evening, men, and good to see you.

Tonight we are together here - The Odessa File

Tonight we are together here

You should have seen them The same old mentality - The Odessa File

You should have seen them The same old mentality

I'm sorry for the old man - The Odessa File

I'm sorry for the old man

Eric, Monika and Karl.
Yes. Yes. - The Odessa File

Eric, Monika and Karl. Yes. Yes.

Anybody else There's still your mother - The Odessa File

Anybody else There's still your mother

[SCREAMING] - The Odessa File

Peter, why are you
doing this? - The Odessa File

Peter, why are you doing this?

O D E S S A - The Odessa File

Money - The Odessa File

Recognize these? - The Odessa File

Recognize these?

SS, SS, SS, SS. - The Odessa File

SS, SS, SS, SS.

Roschmann. - The Odessa File

Here's the information. - The Odessa File

Here's the information.

[DISCO MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] - The Odessa File

[DISCO MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Why are you running?
Why are you scared? - The Odessa File

Why are you running? Why are you scared?

Stop! - The Odessa File

You made the right decision. - The Odessa File

You made the right decision.

I want the medical file
on a Rolf Gunther Kolb. - The Odessa File

I want the medical file on a Rolf Gunther Kolb.

Put up your arm. - The Odessa File

Put up your arm.

Exactly as I did it. - The Odessa File

Exactly as I did it.

May I help you? - The Odessa File

May I help you?

Second class. - The Odessa File

American tourists buy them
for paper knives. - The Odessa File

American tourists buy them for paper knives.

Tell me what were the amenities like at Flossenb rg - The Odessa File

Tell me what were the amenities like at Flossenb rg

When you looked up from anywhere in the camp what did you see - The Odessa File

When you looked up from anywhere in the camp what did you...

The sky. - The Odessa File

Bremen General?
MAN 1: Yes? - The Odessa File

Bremen General? MAN 1: Yes?

Yes, Rolf Gunther Kolb. - The Odessa File

Yes, Rolf Gunther Kolb.

Arcadia Klinik. - The Odessa File

Arcadia Klinik.

Is there any trouble, sir? - The Odessa File

Is there any trouble, sir?

Hello, this is Dr. Reitlinger here.
Can I help you? - The Odessa File

Hello, this is Dr. Reitlinger here. Can I help you?

Your tumor seems
to have improved. - The Odessa File

Your tumor seems to have improved.

[WOMAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN
OVER PA] - The Odessa File

[WOMAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN OVER PA]

Are you certain this girl
got it right? - The Odessa File

Are you certain this girl got it right?

What happens now - The Odessa File

What happens now

Excuse me. - The Odessa File

[SILENCED GUNSHOT] - The Odessa File

[SILENCED GUNSHOT]

[PHONE RINGS] - The Odessa File

Yes, I shall look forward to it.
We'll have a lovely day together. - The Odessa File

Yes, I shall look forward to it. We'll have a lovely da...

Who's there? - The Odessa File

Perhaps you'd better
unpack your things. - The Odessa File

Perhaps you'd better unpack your things.

[WOMAN & MAN
SPEAKING IN GERMAN] - The Odessa File

[WOMAN & MAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

ROSCHMANN: Raimond?
RAIMOND: Yes, Herr Kiefel? - The Odessa File

ROSCHMANN: Raimond? RAIMOND: Yes, Herr Kiefel?

Riga I'm talking about Riga where you were responsible for the murder - The Odessa File

Riga I'm talking about Riga where you were responsible...

Oh I do take you seriously - The Odessa File

Oh I do take you seriously

Look young man - The Odessa File

How old are you - The Odessa File

How old are you

You don't want to understand what it was like - The Odessa File

You don't want to understand what it was like

You youngsters today - The Odessa File

You youngsters today

Look Germany was crushed to pieces in 1945 - The Odessa File

Look Germany was crushed to pieces in 1945

Whatever prosperity there is in Germany - The Odessa File

Whatever prosperity there is in Germany

So what? The man struck me. - The Odessa File

So what? The man struck me.

October the 1 1th the same date the same place - The Odessa File

October the 1 1th the same date the same place

Krause He took over Kurt Krause - The Odessa File

Krause He took over Kurt Krause

L will l will tell them You're not even worth a bullet - The Odessa File

L will l will tell them You're not even worth a bullet

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Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.

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Director: Ronald Neame

Writer: Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross, George Markstein

Production: John Woolf Productions,Columbia Pictures,Domino Productions,Oceanic Filmproduktion GmbH

Genre: drama, thriller

Year: 1974

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $1,113,301

Released: 18 Oct 1974

Awards: N/A

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