# Stalag 17 (1953)

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**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, War
**Directed by**: Billy Wilder
**Written by**: Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum
**Starring**: William Holden, Robert Strauss, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman

> *The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A prisoner-of-war sitcom set in a Nazi camp would seem tone-deaf if the jokes weren’t so precise. A barracks hustler makes bank trading with guards until someone starts snitching to them. The only thing sharper than the dialogue is the moral compass that spins wildly off its axis.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful

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