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The Odessa File

1974 · 130 min · Director: Ronald Neame ★ IMDb 7 · 13,707 ratings

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Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.

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The Odessa File (1974) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Tension 25%, Anticipation 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Anticipation. Genres: Thriller. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension47 %38 %43 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity56 %35 %40 %36 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Disturbing75 %36 %34 %66 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Sadness74 %38 %43 %63 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity68 %46 %50 %51 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Disturbing66 %54 %45 %50 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity59 %49 %53 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity65 %56 %61 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Tension75 %70 %57 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 62′Curiosity73 %70 %57 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Tension75 %74 %57 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 75′Tension75 %75 %54 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Tension68 %68 %50 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 88′Tension69 %68 %51 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Curiosity66 %63 %57 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 101′Curiosity59 %55 %57 %18 %
82.5 %≈ 107′Tension65 %64 %55 %18 %
87.5 %≈ 114′Tension80 %78 %56 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 120′Disturbing86 %75 %57 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 127′Sadness82 %62 %57 %67 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Maximilian Schell

Eduard Roschmann

MS
Maria Schell

MS
Maria Schell

Frau Miller

MT
Mary Tamm

MT
Mary Tamm

Sigi

Derek Jacobi

Klaus Wenzer

PJ
Peter Jeffrey

David Porath

KM
Kurt Meisel

GM
Garfield Morgan

GM
Garfield Morgan

Israeli General

SR
Shmuel Rodensky

Simon Wiesenthal

ES
Ernst Schröder

Werner Deilmann

GS
Günter Strack

Kunik

NW
Noel Willman

Franz Bayer

MB
Martin Brandt

Marx

HC
Hans Caninenberg

Dr. Ferdinand Schultz

HE
Heinz Ehrenfreund

Shapira

AG
Alexander Golling

Colonel

TK
Towje Kleiner

Salomon Tauber

GM
Günter Meisner

General Greifer

Details

Directed by
Ronald Neame
Written by
Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross, George Markstein
Type
Movies
Released
1974
Runtime
130 min
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Genres
Thriller
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 13,707 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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