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Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 (136 votes)

Released: 2006-03-21

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Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition) by Paramount

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Movie Details

Director
Billy Wilder
Studio
Paramount
Runtime
120
Rated
NR (Not Rated)
Binding
DVD

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Description

Two worthy Academy Award® nominees from 1950's Sunset Boulevard – actor William Holden and director Billy Wilder – reteamed three years later for the gripping World War II drama, Stalag 17. The result was another Best Director nomination for Wilder (his fourth), and the elusive Best Actor Oscar® for Holden. Holden portrays the jaded, scheming Sergeant J.J. Sefton, a prisoner at the notorious German prison camp, who spends his days dreaming up rackets and trading with the Germans for special privileges. But when two prisoners are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there is a spy among the prisoners. Is it Sefton? Famed producer/director Otto Preminger tackles a rare acting role as the camp's commandant; actor Robert Strauss won a Supporting Actor nomination for his role as “Animal.” Here's Wilder's powerful, acclaimed film classic — now packed with never-before-seen special features, including audio commentary and “behind-the-scenes” featurettes.

Actors

  • William Holden
  • Don Taylor
  • Otto Preminger
  • Robert Strauss
  • Harvey Lembeck

Format

  • Black & White
  • NTSC

Editorial Review

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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Binding
DVD
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
Disks
1

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