Its a dreary christmas 1944 for the american pows in stalag 17. Test your knowledge on this movies quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. News features theatre classic arts film and tv seth rudetsky education cast recordings obituaries opening night livestreams playbill playlist andrew lloyd webber grosses. Match each character with the item or attribute that. Also, the lighter couldnt have provided light to cast its own shadow inside an area that perfectly round, thereby revealing that it was lit with a light close to the camera. Modern sources also note that in 1956, the head of distribution at. My dad, master sargeant raymond fred buske, signed off on it. Follow that line quiz, movie quotes quiz, quote quiz, 1953, escape, nazi, prisoner, war movie, world war ii. The first episode of hogans heroes, the informer was about a spy being slipped in with the prisoners, which was the same theme of the movie stalag 17.
When stalag 17 was pitched to william holden, he very nearly passed on the lead role of sefton. Civil war songs union when johnny comes marching home mitch miller chorus duration. Stalag 17 a fun movie partly based on actual stalag pows. Stalag 17 survives the jump from stage to screen with flying colors, thanks to billy wilders typically sterling direction and a darkly funny script. Most of the story takes place within one barracks that believes they have a spy in their midst. The result was another best director nomination for wilder his fourth, and the elusive best actor oscar for holden. Did you know these fun facts and interesting bits of information. Employed solely as an actor in this film, he told billy wilder at the start of filming that if. Thats because when two pows tried to escape right at the start of the movie they were killed. The authors of stalag 17 sued the creators of the tv series hogans heroes for plagiarism, as they had submitted a proposal for a tv show based on their play in 1963 to cbs. One of the actors in the movie was edmund trzcinski. Produced and directed by wilder, it starred william holden in his oscarwinning role. Stalag 17 is a 1953 comedydrama war film which tells the story of a group of american airmen held in a german world war ii prisoner of war camp, who come. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details.
May 28, 2007 the song played in the movie stalag 17. Robert strauss, harvey lembeck, robert shawley and william pierson reprise their roles in the movie. Match each character with the item or attribute that is most fitting. Stalag 17 is a 1953 drama, history film directed by billy wilder and starring william holden, don taylor. Stalag 17 is a 1953 comedydrama war film which tells the story of a group of american airmen held in a german world war ii prisoner of war camp, who come to suspect that one of their number is an informant. The scene is a german pow camp, sometime during the mid1940s. Wilder was nominated as best director and robert strauss as best supporting actor. Usually friendly and lively on a movie set, he was withdrawn on the stalag 17 set and complained about the noise and pranks among the rest of the cast, some of whom had an easy camaraderie from more than a year of doing the play on stage. This turbulent and gutsy play shows a group of american prisoners lodged in a. Then lets make a list of the good movies about wwii.
Louis for museum dedication audio april 30, 20 by jessica machetta. Classic billy wilder dramacomedy from 1953, starring william holden as the cynical j. Classic movie hub your ticket to everything classic. The movie focuses upon a german luftwaffe air force prisoner of war pows camp called stalag 17 towards the end of world war ii. If i ever run into any of you bums on a street corner, just lets pretend weve never met before. Stalag 17 identities trivia quiz stalag 17 funtrivia. When manfriedi and johnson are in the tunnel at the beginning, the second one has a lighter going to light the way.
Remembered best for his oscarnominated portrayal of stanislas animal kuzawa in the 1953 war movie stalag 17, he is also notable for his maniacal role in the bob hope comedy film here come the girls, as well as for his work in the marilyn monroe movie the seven year itch. Stalag 17 1953 is certainly the best pow movie ever and it is high competition to be the greatest ww ii movie ever. For the men in barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem there seems to be a security leak. Take this quiz and test your knowledge of classic films. Stalag 17, american war film, released in 1953, that was directed by billy wilder and featured an academy awardwinning performance by william holden. William holden, who i think is a much better actor than most people believe is amazing as sefton, a pow with no redeeming societal values. Still image of the nazis pow barracks in stalag 17. The movie is definitely better, which is not something you hear too often. Watch the trailer for stalag 17 wilder takes the broadway play, as well as the genteel camaraderie familiar from the british pow films, shakes it all up, makes it tougher, funnier, cruder and subtler. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Camp, starring william holden, otto preminger, don taylor, robert strauss, neville brand, harvey lembeck, sig rumann, and peter graves, and directed by billy wilder. Cookie narrates the film and acts as something of a lancer for sefton, yet gil stratton, jr. Aug 09, 2015 watch the trailer for stalag 17 wilder takes the broadway play, as well as the genteel camaraderie familiar from the british pow films, shakes it all up, makes it tougher, funnier, cruder and subtler.
Two worthy academy award nominees from 1950s sunset boulevard actor william holden and director billy wilder reteamed three years later for the gripping world war ii drama, stalag 17. Browse fun facts and trivia about at classic movie hub cmh. How do you expect to win the war with an army of clowns. Most of the story takes place within one barracks that believes they have a spy in. At the time of the first protecting power visit on 12 january 1944, the strength had increased to 2667. Well get rid of inglourious basterds, indiana jones a movie that involves nazis, but not wwii, valkyrie, the english patient casablanca but the nazis won as one critic described it and other mediocrities and add twelve oclock high, battleground, stalag 17, the caine mutiny, they were expendable and run silent, run deep. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing stalag 17 near you. When two escaping american world war ii prisoners are killed, the german p. Quizmoz offers one of the internets largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the. At the christmas party, the pow singing i love you is ross bagdasarian, who under his stage name david seville.
Perhaps the real hardships that prisoners went through are glossed over in this comedic dramaa comedy, incidentally, that plays very much like a broadway musical without the music. Trouble is, there is no way that the little flame could light the area as it did. Its been my favorite movie for most of my adult life. One week before christmas, 1944, in stalag 17, a nazi prisoner of war camp occupied by american air force sergeants, two men from barracks 4, johnson and manfredi, prepare to escape. The germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes and in the most recent attempt the two men, manfredi and johnson, walked straight into a trap and were killed. After receiving lastminute instructions from their barracks mates, johnson and manfredi descend through a trap door underneath the barracks stove and dart across the compound. Ok facts by film stalag 17 by topic by person by film. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Movies qt this category is for questions and answers related to stalag 17, as asked by users of. Browse fun facts and trivia about p2 at classic movie hub cmh.
Director billy wilder, who was himself polish and had lost both his. Like a lot of wilders oeuvre, stalag 17 is open about the comic side of lust, and that franknesshowever slightstill sounds refreshingly adult, even in throwaway jokes like the one where a prisoner reads a letter from his girl at home, who claims she found a baby on her doorstep that, unbelievably, has her eyes and nose. Mar 17, 2018 billy wilder advising otto preminger stalag 17 1953 a paramount executive wanted to make all the prison camp guards poles instead of germans in the 1953 movie stalag 17, simply because the west german market was a big one and he did not wish to offend any german patrons. Well get rid of inglourious basterds, indiana jones a movie that involves nazis, but not wwii, valkyrie, the english patient casablanca but the nazis won as one critic described it and other mediocrities and add twelve oclock high, battleground, stalag 17, the caine mutiny, they were expendable and run silent. After more talks, he took the part, and won his only oscar. Dec 19, 2019 then lets make a list of the good movies about wwii. Charlton heston was originally considered for the role of sgt.
This film was one of the biggest hits of billy wilders career. Original stalag 17 movie poster billy wilder william holden war drama only selling original vintage film movie posters no copies or reprints. Casablanca 1942 winning three and from here to eternity 1953 winning eight. My dad, master sargeant raymond fred buske, signed off. Pow survivors from wwii stalag 17b to gather for last. There were about 40,000 pows there, if you bothered to count the russians, and the poles, and the czechs. Arizona has a portrait of him which appears to be drawn by another pow while they were both prisoners in stalag 17b. Original stalag 17 movie poster billy wilder william holden war. Best war movies to watch good movies list discover 38 highresolution movie posters of stalag 17 comedy, drama, war on. On october 1943, 50 noncommissioned officers of the air force were transferred from stalag 7a to stalag 17b, which already contained pws from france, italy, russia, yugoslavia and various smaller nations. Quizmoz offers one of the internets largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced quizmoz quiz masters. Perhaps it is the case that from the distance of 1953 the deprivations of stalag 17 have faded from memory and it is the good times that are recalled.
The major differences being that the movie was not a comedy like hogans heroes, but a pretty serious movie about prisoners trying to escape while there is a spy planted within. Occasionally it is eclipsed by a bridge too far 1977 when im focused on bureaucracies. Billy wilder advising otto preminger stalag 17 1953 a paramount executive wanted to make all the prison camp guards poles instead of germans in the 1953 movie stalag 17, simply because the west german market was a big one and he did not wish to offend any german patrons. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Stalag 17 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Civil war songs union when johnny comes marching home mitch miller chorus. Stalag 17 is a 1953 war movie set in a world war ii german p.
William holden won an academy award as best actor for his performance in the film. Sefton, but when the script was altered to make the character less heroic, he was dropped in favor of someone more suitable for the role. Five graves to cairo 1943 and stalag 17 1953 were both released in years where another blackandwhite world war ii movie dominated at the oscars. Modern sources also note that in 1956, the head of distribution at paramount told wilder that german distributors were willing to release the film, which had been banned by the government in 1953, on condition that the barracks spy be made a. Stalag 17b, the prison that inspired a movie and a tv comedy was a dingy, fleabag patch of hell for the allied kriegies who got stuck there.
A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. The broadway play stalag 17 by donald bevan and edmund trzcinski opened at the 48th street theater on may 8, 1951 and ran for 472 performances. Billy wilder was able to brilliantly balance a level of comedy and tragedy making one of the best war movies ever filmed. Stalag 17 quizzes there are 28 questions on this topic. The man who had the idea to make the movie came to my dad to sign off on the film, since my dad was one of the men in the actual true story. But i jump back to stalag 17 1953 when im feeling really cynical. Stalag 17 saw director billy wilder and actor william holden work together again after their huge success with sunset boulevard. It was later made into a movie starring william holden, and it was the inspiration. Pow survivors from wwii stalag 17b to gather for last time in st. Many of the actors were surprised by the final plot twist. Facts by film stalag 17 by topic by person by film.
A cracker jack movie entertainment has been made from stalag 17, the play by donald bevan and edmund trzcinski that scored on broadway two years ago. Robert strauss bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Stalag 17 trivia and quizzes movie trivia fun trivia quizzes. But as his confidence grew in the role, holden became more at ease, sometimes even frivolous, on the set.
Stalag is the german word for prison camp, and number 17 was somewhere on the danube. Theres laughs behind enemy lines in stalag 17 furiouscinema. From there, the movie was made, based on the play, and he was actually cast in a role, as himself, recreating it for the silver screen. He was actually an american pow in a german stalag, and wrote a play based on his experiences there. Stalag 17, the world war ii drama by donald bevan and edmund trzcinski, was first produced on broadway in 1951. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Stalag 17 1953 is about 600 sergeants and one misplaced lieutenant held prisoner in a german camp during wwii.