Stalag 17

Stalag 17
by Billy Wilder

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Actor: Don Taylor, Harvey Lembeck, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, William Holden
Director: Billy Wilder
Cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo
Producer: Billy Wilder
Writer: Billy Wilder
Producer: William Schorr
Writer: Donald Bevan
Writer: Edmund Trzcinski
Writer: Edwin Blum
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-12-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount

DVD Reviews of Stalag 17

DVD Review: One The Great Films
Summary: 5 Stars

Billy Wilder shows his stuff in this movie written and directed by him. The script is both funny and tragic and exciting at the same time. A group of American POWs during WWII try to survive their incarceration and help one escape. William Holden stars as the cynical, smart and bold POW who outsmarts the Germans and many of the American POWs. The movie moves effortlessly without being claustrophobic. I've loved this movie since I was a kid and still find there is more to see every viewing. A must see!

DVD Review: Heroes can be hidden
Summary: 5 Stars

Stalag 17 is a great performance and gives us an important perspective on why WWII was necessary.

DVD Review: Stalag 17 DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

The purchase was easy as 1,2,3. No problems at all and the shipping was fast. Excellent product as described and absolutely NO complaints. Excellent seller from my experience.

DVD Review: Good men, bad situation
Summary: 5 Stars

This one is a classic. A war movie, it takes place in a German POW camp, where U.S. Army Air Corps sergeants have been incarcerated. The plot revolves around Barracks 3 and how the Germans keep getting tipped off to American activities.

William Holden always does a great job in his roles but this one I think is his best. He plays Septon, a scammer who manages to get pretty much anything he wants with his schemes and his trading skills. He is also the natural choice when it comes to figuring out who the collaborater is.

Filmed in black and white this is one you really have to watch.

DVD Review: POW Divide & Conquer:
Summary: 5 Stars

Sat. 9 May 09 I feel Stalag # 17 to be one of William Holdens very best films. This movie is equal to his {The Bridge on the River Kwi} movie. Both are classics!!!!! They both tell the tale of military injustice!!!!!!!!!. The great German/Jewish actor Otto Preminger is outstanding as the Commandant!!!!! The DVD shows how the positive attitude of one person {Holden} can change the outcome for everyone concerned for the better.!!!!!! Fellow POWS!!!!! I have always wanted to purchase this great movie & Amazon sold it to me @ a low price. Plz keep your prices low for we retirees!!!!!! $$$$$$$ I want to thank Amazon for great customer service. Best/Wishes Charles, an old retired Veteran in So California.

Description of Stalag 17

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 a gang of wisecracking though indomitable American prisoners. Because of his bitter cynicism, Holden is suspected by the others of being an informer to the Germans, an accusation he must deal with in his own crafty way. Holden, who had delivered a brilliant performance for Wilder in Sunset Boulevard, won the 1953 Best Actor Oscar for Stalag 17. Very much his equal, however, is Otto Preminger, an accomplished director himself, who plays the strict, sneering camp commandant. --Robert Horton

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