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Stalag 17, American war film, released in 1953, that was directed by Billy Wilder and featured an Academy Award -winning performance by William Holden. The film is set in a German prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag 17, during World War II. It tracks the daily boredom and nighttime escape attempts of the resident U.S. airmen.
Stalag 17 survives the jump from stage to screen with flying colors, thanks to Billy Wilder's typically sterling direction and a darkly funny script. One night in 1944 in a German POW camp housing ...
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Stalag 17 FULL MOVIE
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It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
Stalag 17 was a huge success with critics and audiences, earning $10 million within six months of its release in summer 1953; it was an even bigger hit in Europe. Stalag 17 received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Strauss). William Holden won for Best Actor.
Stalag 17. 1953 · 2 hr 1 min. TV-G. War · Comedy · Drama. When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P.O.W. camp barracks black marketeer is suspected of being an informer. Subtitles: English. Starring: William Holden Don Taylor Otto Preminger. Directed by: Billy Wilder. When two escaping American World War II ...
Initially used to detain the hapless prisoners of Germany’s early blitzkriegs, Stalag Luft 17-B (Stalag Luft, short for Stammlager Luft, or prison camp for airmen, and 17-B because it was the second prison camp in the German 17th military district) was opened to American POWs in 1943. The camp’s American population soon swelled to more than ...
