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The Odessa File (1974)

Director: Ronald Neame

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From Time Out Film Guide

Adapted from Frederick Forsyth's bestseller, a straightforward slice of investigative journalism that has Young Germany trying to reconcile itself to the evils of Nazism as Voight hunts down a protected war criminal (Schell) now high up in industry. Voight's performance gives credibility to his character's obsession, but even that cannot overcome the discrepancy between the deeper themes (mass execution and the expiation of guilt) and the routine nature of this piece of box-office action adventure.

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The Odessa File

Cast & crew

Director: Ronald Neame

Producer: John Woolf, John R Sloan

Cast: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm, Derek Jacobi, Peter Jeffrey, Klaus Löwitsch, Kurt Meisel, Hannes Messemer full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure

Duration: 129 mins


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