Stalag 17

In 1943 as american air attacks against germany increased the nazis moved the growing number of captured american airmen into prisoner of war camps called stalags. The movie focuses upon a german luftwaffe air force prisoner of war pows camp called stalag 17 towards the end of world war ii. 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.

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At stalag 17 b one of the most notorious german prisoner of war camps the american fliers were herded from the train to the bleak outpost about a mile or so away.

Stalag 17. Stalag 17 is a 1953 comedy drama war film which tells the story of a group of american airmen held in a german world war ii prisoner of war camp who come to suspect that one of their number is an informant. Stalag 17 1953 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Stalag 17 exclusively populated by american sergeants is overseen by sadistic commandant oberst von schernbach otto preminger and the deceptively avuncular sergeant schultz sig ruman. The germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes and in the most recent attempt the two men manfredi and johnson walked straight into a trap and were killed.

Over 4 000 airmen ended up in. It s a dreary christmas 1944 for the american pows in stalag 17. The result was another best director nomination for wilder his fourth and the elusive best actor oscar for holden. They were quickly processed deloused shaved and assigned a number and released into the wide compound to find a bed in one of the barracks.

Stalag 17 saw director billy wilder and actor william holden work together again after their huge success with sunset boulevard. For the men in barracks 4 all sergeants have to deal with a grave problem there seems to be a security leak.