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Stalag 17

Stalag 17 (1953)

May. 29,1953
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8
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NR
| Drama Comedy War

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.

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Unlimitedia
1953/05/29

Sick Product of a Sick System

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Crwthod
1953/05/30

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

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ThedevilChoose
1953/05/31

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Mandeep Tyson
1953/06/01

The acting in this movie is really good.

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JohnHowardReid
1953/06/02

As mentioned by other reviewers, prisoner-of-war movies would seem a natural venue for film noir. Certainly Billy Wilder's cynically moody Stalag 17 (1953) (available on a 10/10 Paramount DVD) qualifies, despite (or possibly because of) its unpleasantly realistic comic relief from Robert Strauss and company. William Holden won and thoroughly deserved the year's Best Actor award for his biting portrait of the amorally self-serving Sefton, while Otto Preminger (in his last on-screen movie role (before concentrating on producing and directing) captures our second-most degree of attention (Holden, of course, is number one) as the camp colonel.Other famous POW movies tend to be more light-hearted as well as intentionally escapist (in both senses of that word).If only for William Holden's performance, "Stalag 17" certainly rates as a must-see movie!

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DeadMan66
1953/06/03

This movie is all about prisoners of war and is comedy movie. If anyone had seen "The Great Escape" then they will find some frames similar to that. There is nothing much to say about the movie you will understand if you watch.Movie is basically all about the war prisoners who wants to escape from German prison camp. But the warden of camp says no one can escape from camp. I will not spoil the movie and will keep short. Comedy is done to keep the viewers interested and some suspense is maintained.I'll give 6 star because movie I found movie lack some seriousness in it and lot comedy is done. Some may find it a good movie. But from where I stand 6 rating is fair enough.

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Hitchcoc
1953/06/04

This is the first German prisoner of war movie I ever saw. While this is comedic at times, it is actually a serious drama (unlike an abomination like "Hogan's Heroes" which is loosely based on this film). The strength of this is the ensemble acting where we get to meet and enjoy the different prisoners. William Holden, because he is enterprising, becomes the focus of his own men when it seems that the Germans are getting information from inside the barracks. Because he seems to have the ear of the commandant, they are sure that he is he rat. It will be his job to find out who is really behind all this. Sometimes the dialogue is dated and the situations a bit hard to accept, but it is a good drama with a sort of mystery novel premise.

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Leofwine_draca
1953/06/05

STALAG 17 is one of the granddaddies of the prisoner of war genre and stands out from having a lightness of touch which comes to the production courtesy of director Billy Wilder. Certainly Wilder skirts the more depressing aspects of life in a Nazi prisoner of war camp and instead concentrates on presenting the larger than life characters who occupy one of the buildings. There's a lot of incidental character humour inserted into the movie, particularly with the antics of a couple of losers who spend their days boozing and dreaming about women.Thankfully the comic hijinks don't retreat from the thrills of the main storyline, which is about one of the men being a secret informer who keeps telling the German camp commanders all of the prisoners's secrets. Poor old William Holden - a likable everyman hero - is suspected thanks to his wheeling and dealing ways, but of course he's innocent so he has to try to figure out the identity of the man for himself.This is a breezy movie with little material to offend or bore. The acting is exemplary and the pacing, although slow, is sufficient enough to keep you intrigued throughout. There are some good actors in support including Neville Brand, Peter Graves, Otto Preminger, and Robert Strauss. Some of the set-piece scenes, particularly towards the climax, are particularly thrilling. STALAG 17 is a lot of fun.

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