Stalag 17

About Stalag 17

After 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.

Stalag 17 (1953) is a comedy war film directed by Billy Wilder. Its themes are chess, guard, security, and plant.

William Holden stars as J.J. Sefton, Don Taylor as James Dunbar, Otto Preminger as Oberst von Scherbach, and Robert Strauss as Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa. It runs 120 minutes and was released in May 1953.

The screenplay is by Billy Wilder and Edwin Blum. It is adapted from a stage production.

Casablanca, A Man Escaped, and Ice Cold in Alex make useful companions to Stalag 17, all filed under black and white, escape, and spy. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 693 votes and it carries a NR rating.