The Odessa File - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Odessa File"
The Odessa File (1974)
Timing:
2:10 (130 min)
6.6/10
177
177
6.479/10
571
571
7/10
13000
13000
Actors and characters
Kurt Meisel
Character Alfred Oster
Shmuel Rodensky
Character Simon Wiesenthal
Ernst Schröder
Character Werner Deilmann
Günter Strack
Character Kunik
Noel Willman
Character Franz Bayer
Martin Brandt
Character Marx
Hans Caninenberg
Character Dr. Ferdinand Schultz
Heinz Ehrenfreund
Character Shapira
Alexander Golling
Character Colonel
Towje Kleiner
Character Salomon Tauber
Gunnar Möller
Character Karl Braun
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Character Frau Wenzer
Christine Wodetzky
Character Gisela
Werner Bruhns
Character Hoffmann
Til Kiwe
Character Medal Shop Proprietor
Dietmar Mues
Character Wehrmacht Captain
Hans Wyprächtiger
Character Landlord
Cyril Shaps
Character Tauber's Voice (voice)
Alexander Allerson
Character Dr. Ratinger (uncredited)
Walter Feuchtenberg
Character Butler (uncredited)
Michael Gahr
Character Officer (uncredited)
Nadia Henkowa
Character Israeli Secretary (uncredited)
Miriam Mahler
Character Esther Tauber (uncredited)
Volker Prechtel
Character Günther Kolb (uncredited)
Henning Schlüter
Character Ludwig Erhard (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Zola
Character Landlord (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- The abbreviation “O.D.E.S.S.A.” stands for “Organisation der ehemaligen S.S. Angehrigen,” or the organization of former SS members.
- Edward Roschman (1908-1977) was indeed a man wanted for war crimes, and he lived in South America after the war. The search for him became even more active after the publication of a book with the same name (1972) and a film based on it directed by Ronald Nymeier (1911-2010) (1974). Roschman was found dead; it was believed that he was killed by members of “O.D.E.S.S.A.” after his search was taken seriously.
- Hannes Messemer (1924-1991) played a character who is never named in the film. It is believed that he played SS Gruppenführer Richard Glücks (1889-1945), a former head of the Nazi concentration camp system, who disappeared after World War II and is considered one of the founders of “O.D.E.S.S.A.”
- Supporting and episodic roles were largely played by actors of German origin. A significant portion of the characters were portrayed by well-known German theater and film actors. English-speaking actors were coached (by Osman Ragheb) to speak with a German accent similar to that of German actors and actresses. John Voight and Mary Tamm (1950-2012) had to learn to speak with an accent, and even with the nuances of a North German dialect, because their characters were originally from Hamburg.
- Producer John Woolf (1913-1999) and director Ronald Neame were convinced that the film had to be shot in Germany to convey the atmosphere of Frederick Forsyth's novel (1972). The author based the novel on real events and the subsequent lengthy investigation, so filming it anywhere else would have been simply unfair to it. Even the studio used authentic items as props, and the work of set designer Rolf Zehetbauer was genuinely executed in wood, stone, and metal.
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