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Watch: Stalag 17 1953 123movies, Full Movie Online – It’s a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17. For the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem – there seems to be a security leak. 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. For some in Barracks 4, especially the loud-mouthed Duke, the leaker is obvious: J.J. Sefton, a wheeler-dealer who doesn’t hesitate to trade with the guards and who has acquired goods and privileges that no other prisoner seems to have. Sefton denies giving the Germans any information and makes it quite clear that he has no intention of ever trying to escape. He plans to ride out the war in what little comfort he can arrange, but it doesn’t extend to spying for the Germans. As tensions mount and mob mentality takes root, it becomes obvious Sefton will have to find the real German agent in their midst, which he finally does..
Plot: It’s a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
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Ratings:

	8.0/10 Votes: 56,243
	91% | RottenTomatoes
	84/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 471 Popularity: 11.473 | TMDB

Reviews:

Another WW II POW classic.
Despite the fact that this movie got made 10 years before the WW II POW classic “The Great Escape”, the movie is still known as the ‘other’ WW II POW movie. While I do admit that “The Great Escpae” is still a better movie than this one (“The Great Escape” is probably one of my favorite all time movies) this movie is a great and classic one as well.

Just like “The Great Escape”, the movie knows to create a perfect balance between its drama and comedy. This movie could easily been turned into a heavy war drama but instead a more light approach gets picked, without loosing any of its serious and more dramatic power. It makes the movie entertaining as well as effectively powerful. It can be assumed that “The Great Escape” and its style got inspired by this movie.

The movie is a ‘great’ portrayal of the lives of American officer POW’s, in a German stalag. They try to make the best of it, with very limited resources. Every small thing and things that are out of the ordinary are the things that make them go through their days and is what’s keeping them alive. The first halve of the movie isn’t even about the William Holden character and he is just one of the boys. It isn’t after about halve way through the movie that the story takes to take shape and the main plot of the movie becomes obvious. In advance you would just expect from this movie to be one about POW’s trying to escape. But the story is way better written and layered than that though.

But it above all things is also a very well made and especially directed one, by 6 time Academy Award winner Billy Wilder. He also received a directing nomination for this movie. It’s a ’50’s movie but it doesn’t feel like one. The movie seems to be ahead of its time with its story handling, directing and just overall style of film-making. The camera-work is especially great and worth mentioning.

William Holden does a great job at portraying a complicated character. At first you just don’t know what to think of him and he isn’t a very likable character but he slowly turns into a strong and more important character, that starts doing the right thing. Holden also actually won an Oscar for his role in this movie, despite the fact that he never really wanted to do this movie. It was the only Oscar he ever got, which makes it quite ironic.

A great powerful, entertaining classic, which was truly ahead of its time.

10/10

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Excellent drama that tries too hard to be a comedy
This is a difficult film to rate because there are equal parts that deserve a ten and those that deserve a one. That’s why I rate this a five.

The plot elements that focus on the drama and intrigue of an informer in the midst of allied prisoners in a German WWII prison camp are excellent. If the film had focused only on that, along with the addition of the acting and screen presence of William Holden, this would have been a wonderful film. Unfortunately, it is hindered by an overabundance of stupid shenanigans by a few characters who are supposed to be the standard comic relief. I think the intention was to depict these figures as lovable goofballs who are doing what they can to cope with prison life. That intention fails completely, since they never give any indication that life in the POW camp is anything but a time for frivolity and pranks, as if they are just grade school brats away at summer camp.

Evidently, the idea was to have a film that was half-comedy and half-drama, but the comedic portions come off as annoying, time-consuming filler until the film can resume the interesting drama – and real story – involving Holden as the self-centered and unpopular fellow prisoner who is singled out as the traitor in the barracks.

Actually, the dry, cynical humor from Holden and some others would have provided just the right balance of comic relief. Unfortunately, the scenes in which the Shapiro and “Animal” characters all-too often dominate are virtually unbearable. Their inane antics are pathetically unfunny. The presence of the “Animal” in particular is made even more repulsive by the over-the-top attempt to appear grungy-charming while only coming off as a constant, grotesque and distracting irritant to what you really want to see.

It really is a shame. You can also take away the guy with the nasally voice who reads announcements. Toss him out with Shapiro, and the “Animal” and actually you might have a very enjoyable film.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr (120 min), 1 hr 56 min (116 min) (Germany)
Budget 1661530
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Drama, War
Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum, Donald Bevan
Actors William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length (12 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm