Stalag 17

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American film black comedy film drama film film prisoner-of-war film war film

Stalag 17 is a 1953 World War II prisoner-of-war drama film noted for its blend of suspense, dark humor, and ensemble performances, particularly William Holden’s Oscar-winning role.

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Stalag 17 canonical 9
Stalag 17 (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
prisoner-of-war film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedBy William Holden ⓘ
basedOn Stalag 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stalag 17 (play)

play by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski ⓘ
castMember Don Taylor ⓘ
Edmund Trzcinski ⓘ
Gil Stratton ⓘ
Harvey Lembeck ⓘ
Michael Moore ⓘ
Neville Brand ⓘ
Otto Preminger ⓘ
Peter Graves ⓘ
Robert Strauss ⓘ
Sig Ruman ⓘ
William Holden ⓘ
characterRole J.J. Sefton ⓘ
Sergeant J.J. Sefton ⓘ
cinematography Ernst Haller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy George Tomasini ⓘ
filmingStudio Paramount Pictures ⓘ
genre black comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
prisoner-of-war film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
mainSubject World War II ⓘ
prisoners of war ⓘ
musicBy Franz Waxman ⓘ
narrativeLocation Austria ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableFor William Holden’s Oscar-winning role as J.J. Sefton ⓘ
blend of suspense and dark humor ⓘ
ensemble cast performances ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy William Holden ⓘ
producer Billy Wilder ⓘ
William Perlberg ⓘ
publicationDate 1953 ⓘ
releaseDate 1953-06-05 ⓘ
runtime 120 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Edwin Blum ⓘ
setting German prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ
Stalag Luft XVII-B ⓘ
timePeriod 1944 ⓘ

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Billy Wilder → directed → Stalag 17 ⓘ
Samuel Wilder → notableWork → Stalag 17 ⓘ
Stalag 17 → basedOn → Stalag 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stalag 17 (play)
Ernest Laszlo → notableWork → Stalag 17 ⓘ
Ernest Laszlo → workedOn → Stalag 17 ⓘ
William Holden → notableWork → Stalag 17 ⓘ
Daniel Mandell → edited → Stalag 17 ⓘ
Doane Harrison → notableWork → Stalag 17 ⓘ
Peter Graves → appearedIn → Stalag 17 ⓘ
Neville Brand → notableWork → Stalag 17 ⓘ