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Stalag 17
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #566
- IMDb #478
- Rotten Tomatoes #356
- Metacritic #704
- Letterboxd #592
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #925
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #279
- Metacritic Critics #470
- Metacritic Audience #1655
- Criticker #280
- Kinopoisk #1821
- AlloCiné #772
- Trakt #1163
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a German POW camp during World War II, the American prisoners suspect there is an informant among them leaking secrets to the guards after two escape attempts end disastrously. Their suspicion falls on a cynical and self-interested prisoner who always seems to have extra resources. He must work to clear his name and uncover the real traitor before he is tried by his fellow soldiers.
Details
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Writers
- Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum
- Based on
- Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 29 May 1953
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German, Russian
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.7M
- Box office
- $10.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 major award won · 1 win from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Actor | William Holden | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Director | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1953 | Best Supporting Actor | Robert Strauss | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1953 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1953 | Best Written American Comedy | Billy Wilder and Edwin Blum | Nominee |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1953 | Best Actor | William Holden | Nominee |
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6 awards — Stalag 17
×| Best Actor | William Holden | Winner |
| Best Director | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robert Strauss | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Billy Wilder | Nominee |
| Best Written American Comedy | Billy Wilder and Edwin Blum | Nominee |
| Best Actor | William Holden | Nominee |