--- product_id: 50026469 title: "The Odessa File [DVD]" brand: "jon voightmaximilian schellronald neame" price: "€ 23.73" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # The Odessa File [DVD] **Brand:** jon voightmaximilian schellronald neame **Price:** € 23.73 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Odessa File [DVD] by jon voightmaximilian schellronald neame - **How much does it cost?** € 23.73 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd) ## Best For - jon voightmaximilian schellronald neame enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jon voightmaximilian schellronald neame brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Germany, the early 1960s. Investigative journalist Peter Miller (Jon Voight) has obtained a diary detailing crimes committed by SS Captain Eduard Roschmann (Maximilian Schell) when he was a WWII concentration camp commandant. Miller sets out to bring Roschmann to justice, but encounters trouble when he comes up against 'Odessa', a secret organisation dedicated to protecting former SS officers and advancing their position in the post-war world. .co.uk Review Originally released in 1974, The Odessa File is set in Hamburg a decade earlier. Its starting-point is the Nazi support network Odessa, and its involvement with Egyptian plans to destroy Israel. Peter Miller is a freelance journalist whose interest appears initially to be a professional one, before a personal dimension finally becomes apparent in his confrontation with SS Captain Roschmann. Kenneth Ross adapts a well-honed screenplay from Frederick Forsyth's bestseller, and director Ronald Neame captures a typically Cold War sense of individuals and organisations playing out a scenario of political right and wrong. John Voight, long before he became a cameo star, makes a sympathetic lead, able to judge between the moral and material aspects of his profession. Mary Tamm is photogenic, if uninvolving, as his girlfriend, while Maximillian Schell is a convincing Nazi stereotype. Andrew Lloyd-Weber contributes a serviceable score, centred on the catchy "Christmas Dream" sung by Perry Como. Not a classic suspense thriller, but an enjoyable and thoughtful one.On the DVD: the letterbox widescreen format preserves the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the cinema release with decent if not exceptional clarity, with optional 16:9 TV enhancement. There are French, German, Italian and Spanish overdubs, and subtitles in 21 languages. Detailed filmographies for Neame, Voight and Schell are included and the theatrical trailer is to the point in a way they so rarely are these days. --Richard Whitehouse ## Product Details - **Format:** PAL - **Contributor:** Derek Jacobi, Ernst Schröder, Frederick Forsyth, Garfield Morgan, George Markstein, Hannes Messemer, John R. Sloan, John Woolf, Jon Voight, Kenneth Ross, Klaus Löwitsch, Kurt Meisel, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm, Maximilian Schell, Oswald Morris, Peter Jeffrey, Ralph Kemplen, Ronald Neame, Shmuel Rodensky - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 2 hours and 4 minutes - **Colour:** Colour ## Images ![The Odessa File [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71L7wVEa22L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Good *by A***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 3 July 2023* Good movie ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Classic book *by R***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 March 2023* Have watched the film a few times, but the book was so much better, brilliant writing and read so well . ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars It's not just that there really IS not a dull page, it's like all great art - one ... *by D***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 2 October 2016* Well, of course Frederick Forsyth is a world class thriller writer, if not the top one ever. How could I possibly select Odessa for pre-eminenceabove "The Veteran", "The Negotiator", "The Deceiver", or "The Fist of God".? And yet I must. This is one of his earlier books, on anever popular but more historical subject (Nazis), but I can't put it down, even if I read it (present tense) three times a year. It's not just that there really IS not a dull page, it's like all great art - one learns something or is reminded of something each time one reads it. I just lovehis way of putting small stories inside the main one, of telling the story of the Jewish victim (Tauber), then that of the Nazi hunter (the real-life Wiesenthal), or that of the little timid Nazi forger (Winzer), or even the tank commander (mentioned in passing) right at the end. The story is gripping, the text exciting,, the characters well drawn, the history accurate, the whole entertaining AND instructive. As a thriller reader I'll betyou come to the end and just can't bear it, & have to start again. Where Forsyth gets his information beats me, he must have an ear stuck tothe wall of every government building & terrorist camp!My favourite episodes? - 1. Sigi is a kindly & understanding girl, does not despise her (striptease) customers with loathing as the other girls do.Peter: "But they are just dirty old sods with a pocketful of cash to spend." "Well they wouldn't be if they had someone to take care of them."Forsyth shows his human understanding here. 2. (Germans): "We're a very obedient people. It's our greatest strength & our greatest weakness.It enables us to build an economic miracle while the British* are on strike, & it enables us to follow a man like Hitler into a great big mass grave".(*For "British" read "French" nowdays...). 3. Here's a lesson in politics for us all in one sentence, in why things move so slowly: "Six milliondead Jews don't vote. Five million former Nazis can & do, at every election": 4. "There had been a time when people did not reject his orders &he had never quite got used to the change". (Oh, misery! We retired managers know that one all right, don't we?). Just one more, - father offorger to mother: "Are you saying, foolish woman, that our son's ration cards are inferior to the Yankee ration cards?'An amazing book. When you've finished it (twice), do read Haffner's "The Meaning of Hitler". --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-06-14*