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The Odessa File

on BBC One London

The feature film based on FREDERICK FORSYTH 'S novel starring
Jon Voight , Maximilian Schell
On the November day in 1963 that President Kennedy is assassinated, an elderly Jew, Solomon Tauber , commits suicide in Hamburg. He leaves behind his diary of the horrifying events in the death camp at Riga - alleging that the Commandant and many other Nazis are alive and thriving in Germany. A young journalist, Peter Miller , finds the diary and realises that he has uncovered a story comparable to the devastating events in Dallas.
Screenplay by KENNETH ROSS and GEORGE MARKSTEIN
Produced by JOHN WOOLF
Directed by RONALD NEAME Films: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Forsyth
Unknown:
Jon Voight
Unknown:
Maximilian Schell
Unknown:
Solomon Tauber
Unknown:
Peter Miller
Unknown:
Kenneth Ross
Unknown:
George Markstein
Produced By:
John Woolf
Directed By:
Ronald Neame
Peter Miller:
Jon Voight
Eduard Roschmann:
Maximilian Schell
Frau Miller:
Maria Schell
Sigi:
Mary Tamm
Klaus Wenzer:
Derek Jacobi
David Porath:
Peter Jeffrey
Gustav Mackensen:
Klaus Lowitsch
Alfred Oster:
Kurt Meisel
General Glucks:
Hannes Messember

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