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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 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.
WiIIiam HoIden stars as the Iaconic J.J. Sefton, a prisoner whose cynicaI and mercenary disposition Ieads his fellow prisoners to conjecture his roIe 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 wouId become an iconic screen-roIe)? OnIy after the film builds towards an explosive crescendo is the answer finaIIy revealed...
A commercial success upon its release in 1953, StaIag 17 retains its reputation as one of the finest World War Il films of alI-time. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to continue its association with the work of the eminently versatiIe BiIIy WiIder in this Dual Format edition of Stalag 17, appearing here for the first time on Blu-ray.
SPEClAL FEATURES: A commercial success upon its release in 1953, Stalag 17 retains its reputation as one of the finest World War lI fiIms of alI-time. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to continue its association with the work of the eminentIy versatile BilIy Wilder in this Dual Format edition of StaIag 17, appearing here for the first time on BIu-ray. Optional EngIish subtitles 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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