Based on the 1972 novel by espionage writer Frederick Forsyth, this thriller told the story of
journalist Peter Miller's (played by Jon Voight)
investigation into Holocaust survivor, Solomon
Tauber and the subsequent search for the top
secret Odessa file.
Towards the end of the Second World War,
Tauber and the subsequent search for the top
secret Odessa file.
Towards the end of the Second World War,
the Nazi secret society ODESSA was formed
by members of the SS, among them Eduard
Roschmann (portrayed here by Maximillian
Schell), the butcher of Riga concentration
camp. In 1963, President Nasser of Egypt
sought to perfect a missile strike to destroy
Israel. His key scientists were mainly
Israel. His key scientists were mainly
recruited from Hitler's former rocket
program and Odessa members still intent
on wiping out the Jews.
Released by Columbia in 1974, this Anglo-German film was shown
on TCM tonight - it featured Yorkshire-born actress Mary Tamm
(1950-2012), Derek Jacobi, and two other Doctor Who cast
connections:
- Peter Jeffrey (Porath) and Cyril Shaps (Voice of Tauber) both starred opposite Tamm in The Androids of Tara, as Count Grendel and the Archimandrite - Jeffrey was also the Pilot in The Macra Terror, whilst Shaps was also John Viner in The Tomb of the Cybermen, Dr. Lennox in The Ambassadors of Death, and Professor Herbert Clegg in Planet of the Spiders
