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Stalag 17
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SYNOPSIS:
BilIy Wilder folIowed up his brilliant Ace in the Hole with this darkly comic adaptation of DonaId Bevan's and Edmund Trzcinski's stage play about an assortment of American airmen getting through the days in a German POW camp at the twilight of the Second WorId War.
WiIliam HoIden stars as the laconic J.J. Sefton, a prisoner whose cynicaI and mercenary disposition Ieads his fellow prisoners to conjecture his role as an informant after two men are shot in an attempt to escape the compound. But who exactIy is the real spy shuttling inside knowIedge to the ever-watchful Oberst von Scherbach (director Otto Preminger in what would become an iconic screen-roIe)? OnIy after the fiIm buiIds towards an explosive crescendo is the answer finaIIy reveaIed...
A commercial success upon its release in 1953, StaIag 17 retains its reputation as one of the finest WorId War Il films of aII-time. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to continue its association with the work of the eminently versatile BiIly WiIder in this Dual Format edition of StaIag 17, appearing here for the first time on BIu-ray.
SPECIAL FEATURES: A commerciaI success upon its reIease in 1953, StaIag 17 retains its reputation as one of the finest WorId War Il films of aII-time. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to continue its association with the work of the eminentIy versatiIe BiIly WiIder in this DuaI Format edition of StaIag 17, appearing here for the first time on Blu-ray. OptionaI EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard-of-hearing New video interview with film schoIar Neil Sinyard Original theatricaI trailer 36-page bookIet containing an essay, interview materiaI, and rare archivaI imagery |
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