Stalag 17

Stalag 17
Theatrical re-release poster
Directed by	Billy Wilder
Screenplay by	Edwin Blum Billy Wilder
Based on	Stalag 17 1951 play by Donald Bevan Edmund Trzcinski
Produced by	Billy Wilder
Starring	William Holden Don Taylor Otto Preminger
Narrated by	Gil Stratton
Cinematography	Ernest Laszlo
Edited by	George Tomasini
Music by	Franz Waxman
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	May 29, 1953 (1953-05-29) (UK) June 6, 1953 (1953-06-06) (US)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,661,530
Box office	$10,000,000

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 War II German prisoner-of-war camp "somewhere on the Danube". Their compound holds 630 sergeants representing many different aircrew positions, but the film focuses on one particular barracks, where the men come to suspect that one of their number is an informant. The film was directed and produced by Billy Wilder, who with Edwin Blum adapted the screenplay from the Broadway play of the same name. The play was written by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, based on their experiences as prisoners in Stalag 17B in Austria.

The film stars William Holden in an Oscar-winning performance, along with Don Taylor, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Richard Erdman, Michael Moore, Sig Ruman, and Otto Preminger. Strauss and Lembeck appeared in the original Broadway production.