The Odessa File

Starring: Voight, Jon and Schell, Maximilian

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• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• Release Date: May 2012
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Rlj/Distribution Solution
• Director: Neame, Ronald
• Starring: Voight, Jon, Schell, Maximilian
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Holds your attention.

Just a note: the title is all capitals, ODESSA. ODESSA is an organization. Odessa is a town in Texas; Odessa is known for the Odessa Meteor Crater. I am glad I did not read the book first, as this film must tell the story minus many of the subplots. However, there are enough left to keep you well off balance. If it is your first time watching the movie, some of the plots are evasive. It is a Forsyth story with a good mixture of fact, myth, and plausibility. Well, it could happen. The film is permeated with rising action; in several places, you have no time to catch your breath. You will find yourself kibitzing as "Don't make that phone call!" The story was best told through black-and-white flashbacks, which explain what happened in history to support today's (1974) action. Reporter Peter Miller comes in possession of a diary of a man who survived the Riga concentration camp. Something he reads encourages him to seek SS Captain Eduard Roschmann, the commandant of the camp, who was presumed dead. In his endeavor, he is thwarted at every turn by the authorities. Finally, one posing as a doctor confirms Roschmann's existence by his very insistence that Roschmann is dead. In the beginning, we hear of President Kennedy's death, which triggers the end of innocence. This, combined with the overlapping plot of the Egyptians to build missiles, overlays Peter's pursuit with that of a Jewish organization attempting to infiltrate the ODESSA (Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen), an organization to reorganize and protect prominent people that wherein the "National Socialist German Workers' Party". Will Peter succeed with his mission (whatever it is) or will he be hindered by the Jewish organization? Will the organization succeed in thwarting the Egyptian missile plot or be hindered by Peter? Is SS Captain Roschmann still alive, and if so, what is he up to?