Thursday 19 August 2021

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE ODESSA FILE (1974)

 “The Odessa File” is a historical drama, screenplay by Kenneth Ross and George Markstein based on the Novel by Frederick Forsyth and Directed by Ronald Neame

The story is set in Germany in 1963, at the time of the Kennedy assassination.

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, freelance journalist Peter Miller (Jon Voight) takes possession of the man's diary and investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.

His investigation leads him to Simon Wiesenthal (Shmuel Rodensky) and to a group of Israeli Secret Service.

Miller eventually finds himself involved with the powerful organization of former S.S. members, called “O.D.E.S.S.A.” and he s trained to infiltrate them.

It’s a very suspenseful film with fine performances from the supporting cast including, Mary Tamm, Maximillian Schell, Maria Schell, and Derek Jacobi.

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