--- product_id: 50026469 title: "The Odessa File [DVD]" price: "MX$139" currency: MXN in_stock: false reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.mx/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd store_origin: MX region: Mexico --- # The Odessa File [DVD] **Price:** MX$139 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Odessa File [DVD] - **How much does it cost?** MX$139 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.mx](https://www.desertcart.mx/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description 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 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. Review: It's not just that there really IS not a dull page, it's like all great art - one ... - 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-eminence above "The Veteran", "The Negotiator", "The Deceiver", or "The Fist of God".? And yet I must. This is one of his earlier books, on an ever 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 love his 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 bet you 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 to the 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 million dead 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 of forger 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". Review: Frederick Forsyth's fact based thriller - The Odessa file based on Frederick Forsyth's book is a thrilling film , with wonderful acting. A classic. PB ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | 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 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 See more | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 231 Reviews | | Format | PAL | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | UCA | | Number of discs | 1 | | Runtime | 2 hours and 4 minutes | ## 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 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's not just that there really IS not a dull page, it's like all great art - one ... *by D***S 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-eminence above "The Veteran", "The Negotiator", "The Deceiver", or "The Fist of God".? And yet I must. This is one of his earlier books, on an ever 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 love his 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 bet you 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 to the 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 million dead 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 of forger 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". ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Frederick Forsyth's fact based thriller *by M***W on 9 November 2025* The Odessa file based on Frederick Forsyth's book is a thrilling film , with wonderful acting. A classic. PB ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Look at you! You are blond! You are strong! *by J***Y on 28 February 2013* Super Aryan (John Voight) was created to kill the enemies of the Reich. The whole intent was for him to impregnate the tanks of the enemy with the wonderful killing device that was the 88 mm gun. There is nothing worse than having your own weapon turn against you. This is quite the best film about the holocaust. It is no didactic Speilburg epic. Certain individuals "roll" without constraint. Wiping out the Jews was kind of incidental. "Well we played the game a bit harder back then and a few individuals got ground beneath the wheels. So what? Life goes on. We were all doing it and to not do it would result in one's own terminus. It was not wrong (what is wrong?) and when the Amis re-wrote the rules we covered our backs." Now this makes it all real. There are plenty out there today who would play that game. We wonder where all the Nazi players came from: they are still there but society's constraint prevents them from getting inventive. This film is about justice in its rawest form. They are made to look at their crimes and to pay. And on top of this film has probably the greatest plot twist of any film I have watched. --- ## 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.mx/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd](https://www.desertcart.mx/products/50026469-the-odessa-file-dvd) --- *Product available on Desertcart Mexico* *Store origin: MX* *Last updated: 2026-07-21*