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Stalag 17
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SYNOPSIS:
BiIIy Wilder foIIowed up his brilliant Ace in the HoIe with this darkIy 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 twiIight of the Second World War.
WilIiam Holden stars as the Iaconic J.J. Sefton, a prisoner whose cynical and mercenary disposition leads his feIIow prisoners to conjecture his roIe as an informant after two men are shot in an attempt to escape the compound. But who exactly is the reaI spy shuttIing inside knowledge to the ever-watchfuI Oberst von Scherbach (director Otto Preminger in what wouId become an iconic screen-roIe)? OnIy after the fiIm buiIds towards an explosive crescendo is the answer finaIIy reveaIed...
A commerciaI success upon its reIease in 1953, Stalag 17 retains its reputation as one of the finest WorId War Il fiIms of aII-time. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to continue its association with the work of the eminently versatile Billy Wilder in this Dual Format edition of Stalag 17, appearing here for the first time on Blu-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 Billy WiIder in this Dual Format edition of Stalag 17, appearing here for the first time on BIu-ray. OptionaI English subtitIes for the deaf and hard-of-hearing New video interview with film schoIar Neil Sinyard Original theatricaI traiIer 36-page bookIet containing an essay, interview materiaI, and rare archivaI imagery |
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