Stalag 17 is a 1953 American war film directed by Billy Wilder. It tells the story of a group of American airmen confined with 40,000 prisoners in a World...
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In Germany, stalag (/ˈstælæɡ/; German: [ˈʃtalak]) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps. Stalag is a contraction of "Stammlager", itself short for...
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William Holden (section Stalag 17 and peak of stardom)
of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited...
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Stalag Luft III (German: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second...
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film Stalag 17, an American war film Eric Soya's '17' (Danish: Sytten), a 1965 Danish comedy film Seventeen (1985 film), a documentary film 17 Again...
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to prominence in the 1980s. It was originally written and recorded as "Stalag 17" (named after the 1953 war film) by Ansel Collins and released by Winston...
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turned in noteworthy performances in both the stage and screen versions of Stalag 17. He was the father of actor and director Michael Lembeck and actress Helaine...
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supporting roles. He is most known for his roles in the classic films Stalag 17 (1953) and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). In his final years, Erdman found...
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1921 – 3 June 1996) was an American playwright, best known for the play Stalag 17. He was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York. An enlisted member...
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for The Shrike, and Best Director for The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17. Ferrer was the father of actor Miguel Ferrer, the brother of Rafael Ferrer...
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