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Stalag 17
Directed by Billy Wilder
1953•2h 0m•NR•★ 8.0
Comedy / Drama / War
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In a crowded German POW barracks during World War II, two American escapees are shot dead outside the fence, prompting the prisoners to suspect that their cynical, self-serving barrack racketeer is an undercover German stool pigeon. Billy Wilder's razor-sharp, suspenseful tragicomedy that won William Holden the Best Actor Oscar.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorBilly Wilder
WriterEdwin BlumBilly Wilder
CinematographyErnest Laszlo
MusicFranz Waxman
Principal Cast
William HoldenJ.J. Sefton
Don TaylorJames Dunbar
Otto PremingerOberst von Scherbach
Robert StraussStanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa
Harvey LembeckHarry Shapiro
Richard ErdmanHoffy Hoffman
Peter GravesFrank Price
Neville BrandDuke
Technical Specifications
Runtime2h 0m (120 mins)
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DirectorBilly Wilder
LanguagesEnglish, German, Russian
CountryUS
StudioParamount Pictures
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