Stalag 17

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The Broadway play "Stalag 17" by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski opened at the 48th Street Theater [...]	D
While filming at Paramount's ranch in Calabasas, California, Billy Wilder reportedly wore his best s [...]	D
This film was made three years after Viale del tramonto (1950) and represents the re-teaming of dire [...]	D
William Holden Best Actor Oscar winning performance, and Robert Strauss's Best Supporting Actor nomi [...]	D
Billy Wilder filmed the movie at a studio-owned ranch in Agoura Hills, California. He wore his best [...]	D
To improve the chances for commercial success in West Germany (at that time already an important mar [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 F [...]	D
Although suggestions for making Sefton more palatable were rejected by Billy Wilder, the director di [...]	D
Charlton Heston was originally considered for the role of Sgt. J.J. Sefton, but when the script was [...]	D
Features Robert Strauss's only Oscar nominated performance.	D
William LaChasse, had a bit part in the movie. He was hired by Paramount Pictures to be in several f [...]	D
Neville Brand and Robert Strauss co-starred in this film. Brand and Strauss would later reunite in t [...]	D
One day during an afternoon break in filming, William Holden "entertained" a young actress in his dr [...]	D
Director/screenwriter Billy Wilder seems to have been fond of the joke in which an American speaks t [...]	D
The play upon which the picture is based combines the characters of Duke and Animal into a single ro [...]	D
Two bunks have initials carved into them like a card hanging on a string. The initials are those of [...]	D
Gil Stratton (Cookie) became a sportscaster in Los Angeles. He worked Los Angeles Rams games for CBS [...]	D
Warren Sortomme, an extra in the film, was an actual prisoner of war in Germany. He relates that the [...]	D
The true name of Robert Strauss' character Animal is spoken in the mail call, but its spelling is co [...]	D
According to the "Virgin Film Guide," this film provided the template and inspiration for the televi [...]	D
Von Scherbach and the other officers of the camp are wearing Wehrmacht (Army) uniforms and caps. The [...]	D
This film was one of the biggest hits of Billy Wilder's career. He expected a big piece of the profi [...]	D
John Ericson played Sefton in the original stage version, but was not considered a big enough name f [...]	D
Edmund Trzcinski, who plays Triz, the prisoner who washes his socks in the potato soup, and receives [...]	D
On the first day of shooting, Billy Wilder made it clear that the script was to be delivered exactly [...]	D
Otto Preminger always claimed that, as a director, he would only shout at actors if they were late o [...]	D
William Holden's acceptance speech for Best Actor was the shortest in Academy history up until that [...]	D
Ross Bagdasarian: uncredited soldier singing at the Christmas party.	D
Neville Brand's three prison films were Stalag 17 (1953), Rivolta al blocco 11 (1954), and L'uomo di [...]	D
Normally the German military assigned staff officers to command oflags (prison camps for enemy offic [...]	D
In order to keep the actors' reactions for the film's plot twists as close to genuine as possible, t [...]	D
William Holden never felt he deserved an Oscar for his performance in this film. His wife felt it wa [...]	D
Edmund Trzcinski: the P.O.W. who receives what is obviously (to everyone but him) a "Dear John" lett [...]	D
Some imitations Jay Lawrence did for the prisoners in Stalag 17 as Sgt. Bagradian: Clark Gable, Rona [...]	D
Neville Brand and William Hold had co-starred the previous year in The Turning Point	D
Neville Brand and William Holden co-starred the previous year in the film noir Furore sulla cittÃ [...]	D
Oberst von Scherbach, played by Otto Preminger, mocks the song composer Irving Berlin during one of [...]	D
Sefton claims as his motivation for the escape attempt ant the end that is should be worth about $10 [...]	D
According to the Virgin Film Guide, Otto Preminger's POW Camp Commandant character Colonel von Scher [...]	D
Robert Shawley (Blondie) turned 25 the day after the last day of filming.	D
The shot of Manfredi and Johnson emerging from the trap door at the beginning of the film is the sam [...]	D
Stanislas Kasava supposedly has been a POW for some time, yet when he looks through the telescope to [...]	D
William Holden escapes when a hostage is shoved through a door and shot. Holden escapes in The Wild [...]	D
Sig Ruman, who plays Sgt. J.S. Schulz, also plays Col. Ehrhardt in Ernst Lubitsch's Vogliamo vivere! [...]	D
The film is based on a play of the same name which is based on the experiences and reminisces of its [...]	D
One of Neville Brand's most memorable film roles was his character Duke.	D
When the POWs are listening to the BBC, the information in the broadcast is about the Battle of the [...]	D
When Sefton knocks on the water tank, at the latrine, he taps 10 TIMES to the tempo of the Army Air [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
"After the scene where Sefton cooks the egg for breakfast, William Holden's character goes off on an [...]	D
William Holden threw himself into the role with a great deal of intensity. His hair was cropped into [...]	D
The authors of Stalag 17 sued the creators of the TV series Gli eroi di Hogan (1965) for plagiarism, [...]	D
Stanislaus "Animal" Kusawa has been a POW for over a year and a half. This is evidenced by the scene [...]	D
The story takes place during the time of the "Battle of the Bulge" in December, 1944. The men learn [...]	D
The role of Sefton was originally written for Charlton Heston. But as the role evolved and became mo [...]	D
William Holden did not like the part of Sefton as written, thinking him too selfish. He kept asking [...]	D
The dog tags that you can see around the necks of some of the prisoners are authentic. They are not [...]	D
Things that were more verbal and stage-bound in the original were worked out in more visually innova [...]	D
Early in the movie, Cookie, as narrator, refers to Sergeant Schulz as a 'schweinehund'. This German [...]	D
The impersonations Jay Lawrence (Sgt. Bagradian) does (in order) are Clark Gable, Ronald Colman, Jam [...]	D
Both of Billy Wilder's two only war films, I cinque segreti del deserto (1943) and Stalag 17 (1953) [...]	D

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