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The Odessa File

Hamburg, Germany. 1963. Peter Miller is going inside the dreaded Odessa. More than a few people hope he doesn't get out... ever.

★ 6.6 1974 130 min PG Thriller

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.

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Released in 1974, The Odessa File sits inside the 1970s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1974-10-17
Rating
PG
TMDB score
6.6/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
Germany, United Kingdom
Studio
John Woolf Productions, Columbia Pictures, Domino Productions
Topicssuicideassassinbased on novel or booknaziespionagewar crimesmass murderconcentration camp

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