Stalag 17 (1953)

7.9	Listal rating
8.1	IMDB rating

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Starring (View all)

Sgt. J.J. Sefton

Lt. James Dunbar

Oberst von Scherbach

Sgt. Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa

Sgt. Harry Shapiro

Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

Sgt. Price

Duke

Written by (View all)

Billy Wilder

Edwin Blum

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Classic war drama.

5 years, 1 month ago at May 7 7:53

PvtCaboose91

2 votes

"Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway."

When people look back at the classic World War II movies there is one indisputable fact: most of them are a story about the fighting or being in the trenches. Most Hollywood WWII films are just about the combat and the drama while on the front line. The opening narration states quite clearly that no films are made about th... read more

STALAG 17

6 years, 4 months ago at Feb 5 6:26

Annabelle Lee

2 votes

Golden boy William Holden bagged an Oscar for his portrayal of resident entrepreneur/stool pigeon (?) in a POW camp during WWII. Entirely deserved it too, and I suppose Billy Wilder deserves most of the credit. Though not a fan of war movies, this is one of two favorite war flicks--the other being The Bridge on the River Kwai (another Holden flick, but he's not the reason I like it--Alec Guiness... read more

A classic

3 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 23 6:35

johanlefourbe

2 votes

Since it is considered a classic, I was really eager to check this flick. Honestly, I'm not really familiar with Billy Wilder's work but I have fortunately managed to watch a few of his movies lately ('The Apartment', 'Some Like It Hot', 'The Seven Year Itch', 'Sabrina', 'Sunset Blvd.') and this movie was easily of one of his best. The first striking thing about this movie is its introduction when... read more

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Description: Black comedy and suspenseful action inside a German POW camp during World War II--a setting that was later borrowed for the TV sitcom Hogan's Heroes. The great director Billy Wilder adapted the hit stage play, applying his own wicked sense of humor to the apparently bleak subject matter. William Holden plays an antisocial grouse amid ... (more)

Release date : 10 August 1953
UPC: 097360581645

War (9), Drama (8), Comedy (7), Prison (6), WWII (5), World War II (5), Black & White (4), Escape (3), Nazi (3), Prisoner Of War (3), Classic (3), POW (3), 1950s (3), 1953 (3), World War 2 (2), German American (1), IMDb Top250 (1), Prison/Prisoners (1), Germany (1), Blackout (1)

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A classic

“Since it is considered a classic, I was really eager to check this flick. Honestly, I'm not really familiar with Billy Wilder's work but I have fortunately managed to watch a few of his movies lately ('The Apartment', 'Some Like It Hot', 'The Seven Year Itch', 'Sabrina', 'Sunset Blvd.') and this movie was easily of one of his best. The first striking thing about this movie is its introduction when the voice-over tell you that they had never made a flick about a POW camp before. I don't know if it was indeed true but, personally, it was indeed the oldest I have seen so far (for example, 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' came soon after in 1957 and 'The Great Escape' in 1967). What I enjoyed the most was that the main character played by William Holden was not some hot-headed macho hero like St” read more