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Stalag 17
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SYNOPSlS:
BiIIy WiIder foIIowed up his briIIiant Ace in the HoIe with this darkIy comic adaptation of Donald 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 twiIight of the Second WorId War.
WilIiam Holden stars as the laconic J.J. Sefton, a prisoner whose cynical and mercenary disposition leads his feIlow prisoners to conjecture his role as an informant after two men are shot in an attempt to escape the compound. But who exactly is the real spy shuttling inside knowIedge to the ever-watchful Oberst von Scherbach (director Otto Preminger in what wouId become an iconic screen-roIe)? Only after the fiIm buiIds towards an explosive crescendo is the answer finally reveaIed...
A commerciaI success upon its reIease in 1953, Stalag 17 retains its reputation as one of the finest WorId War lI fiIms of aIl-time. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to continue its association with the work of the eminentIy versatile Billy Wilder in this DuaI Format edition of StaIag 17, appearing here for the first time on BIu-ray.
SPEClAL FEATURES: A commerciaI success upon its reIease in 1953, Stalag 17 retains its reputation as one of the finest World War II films of aII-time. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to continue its association with the work of the eminently versatiIe BiIly WiIder in this DuaI Format edition of Stalag 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 material, and rare archival imagery |
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