A fun and slightly schlocky 70s thriller about post-WWII Nazi war criminals getting up to no good and stuff like that, ala The Boys From Brazil and numerous other paranoid tales from the 70s written by pulpish British and American authors. The Odessa File concerns a secret organisation made up of surviving SS officers who plan to keep the Nazi dream alive by doing evil things with new super weapons. Jon Voight plays the German freelance journalist who stumbles upon this conspiracy and is convinced by Israeli spies to try and infiltrate it. Dark and dangerous hi-jinks ensue.
Jon Voight (who I normally enjoy) comes off as a little patronising as the crusading kraut with a conscience, echoing Brando in some of his more condescending and "issues"-motivated performances. The underrated Maximilian Schell however gives another above-average performance in the sort of role that he has been forever typecast in (shifty Europeans with dodgy pasts... in most cases it has something to do with Nazis), and is always watchable. The film has a particularly awful and uneven score, but other than that it's a fairly cracking thriller and is worth watching if you enjoy spy films centred around unimaginable conspiracies. A solid 70s Euro-action flick.
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