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Stalag 17 is a film directed and produced by Billy Wilder, released on 29 May 1953, and set in Germany during World War II. It stars William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger and Sig Ruman, narrated by Gil Stratton, with cinematography by Ernest Laszlo, editing by George Tomasini and a score by Franz Waxman. Made by Paramount Pictures in black-and-white on a budget of 1,661,530, it took 10,000,000 in revenue and runs 120 minutes.
Classified as a drama, war, comedy and Christmas film, it was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor and Best Director, winning Best Actor, and was named to the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films. It is part of the Academy Award Best Actor collection and was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.
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7.7After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.
Cast
- William Holden as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
- Robert Strauss as Sgt. Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa
- Don Taylor as Lt. James Dunbar
- Otto Preminger as Oberst von Scherbach
- Harvey Lembeck as Sgt. Harry Shapiro
- Richard Erdman as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Themes
- chess
- escape
- spy
- world war ii
- guard
- plant
- based on play or musical
- black and white
- security
- christmas
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
61,054 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 1953
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Cast member
- Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Billy Wilder
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ernest Laszlo
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 620366
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Stalag 17 (1953) 1959 re-release poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1953-06-06
- film editor
- George Tomasini
- title
- Stalag 17
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- narrator
- Gil Stratton
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 91%
- capital cost
- 1661530
- Commons category
- Stalag 17
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