The Odessa File

About The Odessa File

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 Odes…

Ronald Neame's The Odessa File is a 1974 thriller film. Its themes are espionage, mass murder, war crimes, and concentration camp.

Jon Voight appears as Peter Miller, Maximilian Schell as Eduard Roschmann, Maria Schell as Frau Miller, and Mary Tamm as Sigi. Released in October 1974, it runs 130 minutes.

The screenplay is by George Markstein and Kenneth Ross. It is adapted from a novel. American members can watch it on fuboTV, History Vault, and Howdy Amazon Channel.

Shutter Island, Schindler's List, and Life Is Beautiful make useful companions to The Odessa File, all filed under investigation and nazi. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 207 votes and it carries a PG rating.