1953 · drama · war · thriller
Stalag 17 (1953)
Directed by Billy Wilder2h 0m1953
After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.
Our read: Stalag 17 (1953) (1953) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · war · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- intense
- twisty
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