Cubussoli
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
Dana
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
shakercoola
The central problem with having a protagonist going lone against the enemy is that tension dwindles. ODESSA, "Organisation of Former Members of the SS" is an interesting idea for conflict for post-war Germany. It's a very capable film with all the ingredients of schoolboy chase and intrigue and some good dramatic sequences, and interesting locations. Filmed almost entirely in post-war Germany helped to create the right atmosphere. Jon Voigt is our lead and he convinces as the methodical German reporter infiltrating the nefarious network. Maximilian Schell is excellent as a former mass murderer.
sunznc
Starts rather abruptly with editorial over the screen hinting that this could be an intense, thrilling spy film based on an actual occurrence.Sadly though, it never really rises above mediocrity. Some of the scenes feel almost moldy and so old fashioned, it's hard to believe anyone ever thought it modern even when new. This hasn't aged well and while there are some intense moments and it moves well, the climax is a bit disappointing and the film ends as abruptly as it began.Some scenes could have been fleshed out more or contained much more interesting dialog. A lot of the scenes are very low key, almost static. Hasn't dated well.
SnoopyStyle
It's 1963. Israel knows that the Egytians are trying to perfect their biochemical rockets with a guidance system being built in Germany. Peter Miller (Jon Voight) is a reporter who becomes interested in the suicide of a Jewish Holocaust survivor. He leaves behind a diary detailing the crimes of the camp SS commander Eduard Roschmann (Maximilian Schell). Peter discovers an underground network of sympathizers called Odessa hiding SS men. He is soon hunted by the organization while Israeli agents recruit him to infiltrate Odessa.Initially, this is a fascinating thriller. It has Nazis. It has international intrigue. It does drag a little in the middle since most of the information is already laid out. It makes the movie rather straight forward. There is a great reveal at the end. It may be worthwhile to add more along that line earlier in the movie. The movie needs something to spice up the middle.
cmeneken-1
This film is remarkable on many levels, but two stand out: 1) the realistic portrayal of the events in Riga, wherein thousands of Jews were massacred by the Nazis, and 2) the fact that the "butcher" of these events in the film was not a fictional ploy but an actual SS officer named, as in the film, Rosschmann. The latter point is of interest, since the film provoked a world wide hunt for this murderer, who was located in South America, and who then fled to Paraguay where he died in 1977. The first part of the film is near perfect, though it gets more melodramatic in the latter part, with a number of unconvincing dramatic events added. One example: the journalist(Voight)attacking the burly professional hit man sent to kill him, and then actually winning a hand to hand struggle with him.
