The Odessa File (film)

The Odessa File
Film poster by Bill Gold Illustration by Howard Terpning
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
Release date	18 October 1974 (1974-10-18)
Running time	128 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom West Germany
Language	English
Box office	$6 million (North American rentals)[1]

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.