Stalag 17 (1953)

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Genre

drama film, comedy film, war film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 670 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

American airmen are held in a German prisoner of war camp during World War Two. One barracks suspects a traitor is among them, and they try to find out who it is.

tensesuspensefulgrittydarkly comicclaustrophobiccynicalwry

What happens

Stalag 17 is a 1953 American war film that recounts the story of a group of American airmen confined in a German prisoner-of-war camp. The film focuses on one particular barracks, where the men come to suspect that one of their number is an informant. The film was directed and produced by Billy Wilder, who with Edwin Blum adapted the screenplay from the Broadway play of the same name. The play was written by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski on the basis of their experiences as prisoners in Stalag 17B in Austria. The film stars William Holden in an Oscar-winning performance, along with Don Taylor, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Richard Erdman, Sig Ruman, and Otto Preminger. Strauss and Lembeck appeared in the original Broadway production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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