Author

Publication

1999 - University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

38,000 words, Guess

Page Count

152 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads971717
  • LibraryThing818198

Classifications

  • DDC791.43/72
  • LCCPN1997 .S6574 1999

Alternate Titles

  • Stalag l7 (Motion picture)

Description

Stalag 17 (1953), a riveting drama set in a German prisoner-of-war camp, was adapted from the Broadway play directed by Jose Ferrer in 1951. Billy Wilder developed the play and made the film version more interesting in every way. Wilder's mordant humor and misanthropy percolate throughout this bitter story of egoism and class conflict. The U.S. Air Force sergeants imprisoned in Stalag 17 begin to suspect a spy in their midst after the Germans discover the escape tunnel in their barracks. As in a well-constructed murder mystery, the incriminating evidence points to the wrong man. Jeffrey Meyers's introduction enriches the reading of Stalag 17 by including comparisons with the Broadway production and explaining the reasons for Wilder's changes.

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