The Odessa File Rating: Release Date: 28 August, 2001 Retail Price: $14.94 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Jon Voight Maximilian Schell Maria Schell Derek Jacobi Complete Cast (7 total)

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SSuspenseful!
Voight is spot on in this superior suspense and intrigue film. I missed this when it was released and had only mild expectations for it, but once again, I am pleasantly surprised to find another underrated gem. Previously, I thought Deliverance to be my favorite Jon Voight appearance, but The Odessa File allows him to give a sustained excellent performance as a German journalist uncovering facts too disturbing to set aside. Don't let the unlikely Perry Como Christmas song over the opening credits put you off. You'll soon be pulled into a "hunter is hunted" mystery of convincing authenticity. Jon Voight is perfect for the role. I would rate it his second best work, considering that not long after Odessa File was released he was producing Angeline Jolie.

the writer of "the day of the jackel"gives us "the odessa file"
fredrick forsighths "the odessa file" is one of many thrillers that came out post "watergate" that took the view that the whole world was corupted and the only people who could show us the light was reporters(after all woodword and berenstien had found out about "watergate" and let us know).
1963(yes i know the time frame isn't set during the "watergate" period the movies was made then the 1970's) kenededy has been killed and the world is still in shock,plus as always the middle east is ready to exploide now that egypt has missiles and as soon as it gets gudience for them,they plan to attack isreal yet again, and in germany a young german reporter(a very good jon voight) is reading the diary of a jewish man who has killed himself. the diary tells of the mans's stay at one of the "Camps" that was set aside for jews during world war II. it tells of the man and his wife and how a captain did tereible things to the man and caused the death of his wife. but after the war just weeks before the man kills himself he see's the captain walking down the street. now voight becomes the avenger for the man and really the jewish people as he goes after the s.s. funded "odessa " a group that hides and gives new lives to war criminals,like our captain in the diary.
slow moving at times, the movie is good,but don't expect "die hard" kind of action. if you give it a chance you may like this thriller>

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