The Odessa File (film)
| The Odessa File | |
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| Directed by | Ronald Neame |
| Screenplay by | Kenneth Ross George Markstein |
| Based on | The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth |
| Produced by | John Woolf John R. Sloan |
| Starring | Jon Voight Mary Tamm Maximilian Schell Maria Schell |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
| Music by | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Production companies | John Woolf Productions Domino Productions Oceanic Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom West Germany |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $6 million (North American rentals) |
The Odessa File is a 1974 thriller film, adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, about a reporter's investigation into the ODESSA: an organisation set up to protect former members of the SS in post-Second World War West Germany. The film stars Jon Voight, Mary Tamm, Maximilian Schell and Maria Schell and was directed by Ronald Neame, with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was the only film that the Schell siblings made together.