The Odessa File - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of 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
Film crew
Director
Producer
John Woolf
Producer
Casting
Renate Neuchl
Casting
Jenia Reissar
Casting
Editor
Ralph Kemplen
Editor
Costume Design
Monika Bauert
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Raimund Stangl
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Co-Producer
John R. Sloan
Co-Producer
Production Supervisor
Pia Arnold
Production Supervisor
Stunt Double
Director of Photography
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Jimmy Turrell
Camera Operator
Hairstylist
Susi Krause
Hairstylist
First Assistant Director
Colin M. Brewer
First Assistant Director
Screenplay
Kenneth Ross
Screenplay
Novel
Frederick Forsyth
Novel
Construction Coordinator
Werner Achmann
Construction Coordinator
Assistant Editor
Marcel Durham
Assistant Editor
Location Manager
Dieter Meyer
Location Manager
Leonhard Gmür
Location Manager
Dietmar Siegert
Location Manager
Special Effects
Richard Richtsfeld
Special Effects
Assistant Director
Wieland Liebske
Assistant Director
Second Unit Director of Photography
Atze Glanert
Second Unit Director of Photography
Conductor
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ille Sievers
Wardrobe Supervisor
Dialect Coach
Osman Ragheb
Dialect Coach
Production Designer
Sound Editor
Leslie Hodgson
Sound Editor
Continuity
Elaine Schreyeck
Continuity
Script Editor
John Rosenberg
Script Editor
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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