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Operation Odessa

  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 32m
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7.7/10
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Operation Odessa (2018)
A true crime documentary about a Russian mobster, a Miami playboy, and a Cuban spy who sold a Soviet submarine to a Colombian drug cartel for $35 million.
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In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.

  • Director
    • Tiller Russell
  • Stars
    • Ludwig Fainberg
    • Juan Almeida
    • Nelson Yester
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    • Director
      • Tiller Russell
    • Stars
      • Ludwig Fainberg
      • Juan Almeida
      • Nelson Yester
    • 44User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Ludwig Fainberg
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    Kristy Galeota
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    Brent Eaton
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    8julienboutoille

    Bad men, great documentary!

    This documentary is better than a movie. If you like mafia stuff, this is very entertaining!
    ersbel

    Entertaining

    Probably most of the stories are bull, but that does not make them any less entertaining. The better part is to see the governmental thugs how they can have virtually unlimited resources to live like mobsters to protect the World from small time opportunists who don't pay the cigarette tax.
    10korsbrekke

    PURE MAGIC

    I have never ever had this much fun with a documentary in my entire life. This has to be some of the best stuff I have ever seen! Hook me up with Tarzan please, man what a guy haha!
    8eduardmeltis

    Almost perfect - true on every aspect

    This is my first review and please forgive my errors in writing, as English is not my native language and also my critical mind. This was just sad for me, as a Romanian, because the story with the submarine was a satire to all the other things that could be sold to the higher bidder in the Eastern Block after the collapse of the USSR or after the fall of comunism earlier in '89, here in Romania. The situation was critical on all aspects. The inflation was booming and with a paycheck of one month, you could buy an apartment, a car, a small factory and so on. The factories, all the industries were sold to the "smart boys" and in a matter of years, we were left with nothing. All the comunist era bosses were getting richer and richer, while the rest of the country was collapsing under poverty. So, this documentary was just a perfect metaphor for all the other countries ex-comunist, which practiced this thing. Every good that country had, was an esset ready to be sold. Of course, those things were known only by those who were part of that system; the common folk didn't knew this kind of stuff. As a country, Romania suffer after those lost things even after 30 years of freedom.
    10ahsmithers

    Great movie

    If you like things like cocaine cowboys you will love this

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      The submarine that was "sold" is not named but appears to be B-400, a Foxtrot-class sub that was built in 1967 and in commission at least as late as 1991. The interior shots likely are INS Kursura (S20), a Foxtrot sold to India in 1961 and now preserved as a museum ship.
    • Goofs
      When Grisha is first mentioned, his name is spelled Roizis, then later Roizes.
    • Quotes

      Tony Galeota: I have to tell you, all my enemies are dead and I'm happy.

      Tony Galeota: I'm gonna see them in fucking hell when I arrive there.

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      • April 1, 2018 (Australia)
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      • SHOWTIME
    • Also known as
      • Операция 'Одесса'
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      1 hour 32 minutes
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