In the US military barrack No. 17 in the German POW camp in the late World War II, Seftonplayedoperated the black market in the POW camp, and his business scope included pornography, gambling, and drugs. He made shochu to ensure the quality, but not to blind customers; he runs underground horse racing, where the contestants are the rats caught, all with nicknames; he also has binoculars to spy on the Soviet female prisoner of war camp in the distance. Because he was so heartless that he would not be able to escape successfully when he started betting on his companions, and he was suspected of being a ghost in the camp and was humiliated. In the end, he designed to expose the spies and ventured to escort the enemies in the army to escape from prison. Before leaving, he said to all his roommates: "If we meet again in the United States, don't pretend to be my old friends
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Stalag 17 movie plot
2021-12-22 08:01
Extended Reading
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Marilou 2022-03-25 09:01:10
Billy Wilder's script is unspoken, ups and downs, and fascinating. It's still an interesting story about escaping from the concentration camp, but this time a Nazi undercover character is added, which makes the story more confusing, so the main line of the film changes from escaping the concentration camp to finding the hidden undercover agent. The image of Sefton, a shrewd American businessman, basically symbolizes the position of the United States during World War II: he doesn't care about the war situation, he just wants to make a fortune by relying on the war, but once he finds himself framed and the situation is difficult, he will ignore it. All power will find out the person who framed him, four and a half stars.
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Mollie 2022-04-23 07:02:32
The amazing Billy Wilder, the god of screenwriting! The way to prove the spy may not be very clever, but the way to rescue the lieutenant in the end is too clever. While highlighting Sefton's wit and cleverness, the scene where the Nazi spy is shot by the Nazis is also full of ironic literary character. But this is still only Wilder's second-rate work.
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Sefton: If I ever run into any of you bums on a street corner, just let's pretend we've never met before.
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Sgt. Schulz: We will grab some shovels and we will undig that tunnel which you digged.
Animal: Shulz, why don't we just plug up the tunnel with the Commandant in one end, and you in the other?