The Odessa File
1974 · 130 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 12,682 VOTES · DIR. Ronald Neame
Overview
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,184 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:20 Hannah, would you mind?
00:07:55 ...but aII anyone wiII want to read about tomorrow is Kennedy.
00:10:59 But it´s poIice property.
00:15:42 ...to add to the festivities.
00:21:04 ...because the victims of Riga were German Jews?
00:24:28 Old. Thin. Long white hair.
00:27:49 -Say good night, then. But quickIy. -Good night, Erik!
00:32:06 Your attention, please, for General Greifer, our general.
00:37:13 ...you´ve had nothing but troubIe.
00:41:52 Be carefuI, before the poIice start taking an interest in you.
00:46:18 Roschmann, Eduard. BIue fiIe.
00:51:11 -Stay where you are! -Car keys.
00:56:40 I aIready have.
01:01:03 -Camp motto? -´´There is a road to freedom.
01:04:59 Second CIass.
01:09:04 a few weeks before the liberation...
01:12:17 His tumour responded to treatment.
01:16:28 -I want you to come home. -Sigi, who was that girI?
01:21:12 I´m sure you understand.
01:29:18 Who is going to kiII KIaus?
01:42:28 Why couIdn´t you have toId me in the first pIace?
01:53:29 That´s aII nonsense, absoIute nonsense. How oId are you?
01:56:27 You see aII this?
01:59:50 I wouIdn´t be kiIIing a man.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,184
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line01:59:50
Production Record
DirectorRonald Neame
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes12,682