A gritty, cynical masterpiece blending dark comedy and tense wartime drama. Amidst the claustrophobic squalor of a POW camp, paranoia festers as a mercenary anti-hero becomes the scapegoat for a hidden traitor.
Stalag 17
"The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!"
Director:
Billy Wilder
Cast:
William Holden, Robert Strauss, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Harvey Lembeck
Drama
War
Comedy
Budget:
$1,661,530
Box Office:
$10,000,000
Stalag 17 - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Edmund Trzcinski Cameo
The man in the barracks who receives a letter from his wife saying she 'found' a baby on their doorstep is played by Edmund Trzcinski, the actual playwright and real-life POW of Stalag 17B.
Realistic Camp Number
The film is based on the real Stalag 17B in Austria. The layout and some incidents were drawn directly from the playwrights' actual imprisonment.