The Odessa File

The Odessa File (1974)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (3,079 ratings)

The Odessa File is set in Hamburg in the winter of 1963. Jon Voight plays Peter Miller, a German reporter who is investigating the whereabouts of missing Nazi war criminals. After reading the diary of a Holocaust survivor who has recently committed suicide, Miller goes on the trail of in-hiding SS… More

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In Theaters
Oct 18, 1974 Wide
On DVD
Aug 28, 2001
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out

    Voight's performance gives credibility to his character's obsession, but even that cannot overcome the discrepancy between the deeper themes and the routine nature of this piece of box-office action adventure.

  • Nora Sayre, New York Times

    The film makes its points methodically, almost academically.

  • Don Druker, Chicago Reader

    The surprises increasingly fail to surprise.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Above average spy adventure w/young Jon Voight.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Neame's uninspired direction has a great performance by Jon Voight get thrown under the train.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    Frederick Forsyth's novel, The Odessa File, adaptation have a terrific work of the Ronald Neame, that make the audience, together with Jon Voight's character, Peter Miller, discover, all that involved. Tense, chilling, fun and extremely good writing. Fresh.

  • jay n


    A yawner.

  • familiar s


    Saw it as it was highly applauded by most of the viewers, but unfortunately, it failed to meet my expectations & proved to be just an average fare.

  • Barry L


    Great film. Bit dated now but brillaince of the writting says it all.

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