| | Stalag 17 DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | War DVDs, Dramas Movies, Recommended Videos, Classic, Essential Cinema, World War II, Prison/Prisoners | | Starring | William Holden, Peter Graves, Otto Preminger, Sig Ruman, Don Taylor, Neville Brand, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck | | Director | Billy Wilder | | Art Director | Hal Pereira, Franz Bachelin | | Cinematographer | Ernest Laszlo | | Composer | Franz Waxman | | Editor | George Tomasini, Doane Harrison | | Producer | Billy Wilder | | Writer | Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Special Edition Billy Wilder's adaptation of the Broadway hit stars William Holden as the cynical Sefton. Set in the eponymous German prison camp during WWII, the director's broad, black comedy focuses on a group of decidedly unheroic prisoners. While they spend most of their time trying to entertain each other with comedy routines and pin-ups, they also occasionally entertain thoughts of escape. But escape is the last thing on the mind of the hard, calculating Sefton, a wheeler-dealer who's salted away a stash of creature comforts which are the envy of the barracks. When a couple of prisoners are killed while attempting to escape, Sefton collects the money he won by betting against their success, and many believe that it was he who informed the Germans. After a new prisoner, Lt. Dunbar (Don Taylor) talks openly about having bombed a German ammo train, he's immediately subjected to a harsh interrogation by sadistic commandant Oberst von Scherbach (Otto Preminger). Their suspicions confirmed, the prisoners take revenge against Sefton. A film whose depiction of American G.I.s as ordinary, even selfish, people probably seemed seemed edgier in the 1950s than it does now, it remains a durable entertainment, with incisive performances by Holden and Preminger. STALAG 17 served as the inspiration for the popular TV show HOGAN'S HEROES. Stalag 17 | List Price | $19.99 (You save $4.80) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1953 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7275  | | CD Universe Part number | 7008984 | | Catalog number | 41204 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 21, 2006 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 120 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Collector's Edition; Special Edition | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Collector's Edition; Special Edition; Special Collector's Edition |
Stalag 17 Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Special features
I am a real WW-II buff and I have to say that the special features that come with this movie are amazing. A real bonus! The movie will always stand the test of time. I have seen it many times.
Submitted by Patricia (Detroit, Michigan)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Classic: In top twenty-five of all time
I find it interesting William Holden was in this 1953 classic and in 1957's Oscar winning "Bridge on the River Kwai", both WWII prison movies. This movie is one of a handful that you can legitimately call a classic. This movie is basically a who-done-it with all the great acting, directing and story line a true classic has. The television show "Hogan's Heroes" was loosely based on this movie.
Although the movie itself has some comic elements, "Hogan's Heroes" it ain't. Simply one of the best movies ever made. You'll walk away from this thinking to yourself "Wow, that was a really good movie". A true classic.
Submitted by Lafalk1 (Honeoye NY)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No william holden at his best
the movie is set in a prisoner of war camp during wwII. some one is ratting them out. excellent drama
Submitted by a reviewer (smithfield, virginia, usa) 
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This review is for a different format.  Stalag 17 -- Not Just For War Movie Buffs
Although I am not a war movie hero by any stretch of the imagination (and I am a woman), I absolutely loved this movie and have seen it several times. While set in depressing Nazi Germany, the movie manages to be funny while being suspenseful at the same time...keeping viewers on edge, trying to figure out what star William Holden has suspected all along about one of their own.
Submitted by a reviewer (Boston,MA)
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This review is for a different format.
Great story
No matter wether true or not, this film is great entertainment. It gives one an idea of what German war camps were like.
Submitted by Reedbigdogs (Black Creek, WI)
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Stalag 17 DVD Region 1
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono
1.0 - English
Dolby Digital Mono
1.0 - French
Additional Release Material:
Featurette:
1. "Stalag 17: From Reality to Screen"
2. "The Real Heroes Of Stalag XVIIB"
Audio Commentary:
1. Richard Erdman - Actor
2. Gil Stratton - Actor
3. Donald Bevan - Co-Playwright
Text/Photo Galleries:
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