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Release Date: 14 December, 1999 Retail Price: $19.99 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (14 total) |
Stalag 17 Reviews
A great movie!
Stalag 17 holds up and could be one of the best "Wartime" moives of all time. The story begins and you are instantly brought right up to date of the situation facing soldiers and ther desire to escape. No modern trick photography, greenscreen tricks, or fancy looks. Just good acting, set design, and Willian Holdens finest performance. You get what you purchase with this movie, a classic, and will remain top 10 movies ever shot! ( Should Be )
A Locked Room Mystery
This is the filmed version of a Broadway play. "Stalag" is an acronym for a prisoner of war camp that held Air Force Sergeants captured during WW II. It begins with an escape plan. One man bets that they will not make it. Then they hear shots. The next morning they assemble for roll call and are told of their punishment (their stove will be removed). The head of security begins to suspect a traitor in their midst (rather than a hidden microphone). The camp guard Schultz picks up a message from their spy among the prisoners! Next we see the diversions used to entertain the prisoners (gambling on a rat race). [Doesn't this story seem so innocent today?]
Two new prisoners enter the barracks. They share a secret about their sabotage. The German guard arrives, and finds their hidden radio. Who told? Suspicion falls on Seften, the Operator who is skilled at trading and organizing. The recently arrived Lt. Dunbar is taken away, "somebody" talked. When the SS arrive to take Lt. Dunbar away, a smoke bomb provides a diversion for a mob attack. Lt. Dunbar is able to escape and hide inside the camp. But Seften figures out who the traitor is, and exposes the mailbox used to send messages. They will use the traitor to draw attention while Seften and Dunbar cut through the wires to escape. [It will work this time because the traitor is caught.] The talented enterpreneur is the hero in this story.
There may have been a message in this play for those times. It now seems dated. You can't trust anyone just by their words and appearance. I wonder why an analysis of the background of the captives didn't hint at the person who was a ringer? Unless he impersonated a real person? In the real world the person who recommends reckless acts to a group is likely to be a double agent. A workplace spy would be another example of a provocateur, one who boasts of acts in order to get others talking.
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