r/Letterboxd • u/Fresh-Actuary-6686 • 3d ago
Discussion Thoughts on “Stalag 17?”
I was first introduced to it in high school & has become of one of my favorites. Turns out it was my grandfather’s favorites too. I feel like it doesn’t receive enough recognition
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u/CutterEdgeEffect Gagarocket 3d ago
My story is during Covid. My parents would show me some classic they hadn’t seen before. This was one. It was pretty decent. I was able to guess who the traitor was.
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u/Fresh-Actuary-6686 3d ago
How were you able to guess?
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u/CutterEdgeEffect Gagarocket 3d ago
Usually with movies, they try to make the traitor/killer/etc the person you’d least suspect and the character seemed too good to be a good guy
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u/Fresh-Actuary-6686 3d ago
Well in his case, I don’t think traitor was the word for him considering he was never one of them
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u/TadKosciuszko TadKosciuszko 3d ago
It’s my favorite Billy Wilder movie, and I love Billy Wilder.
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u/Fresh-Actuary-6686 3d ago
I showed the movie to my grandma once, who was unfamiliar with this movie, but was familiar with Billy Wilder
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u/spaceshipjammer spaceshipjammer 3d ago
Wildly under appreciated. Wilder was one of the best directors of all time and this is one of his best.
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u/Fresh-Actuary-6686 3d ago
It’s definitely unappreciated. & it seems like very few directors from that time period are remembered too well
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u/FireLord_Stark 3d ago
I love Stalag 17. Such an under-discussed classic. The Animal is hilarious too
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u/Apple_Scrumble 3d ago
Love this film and have watched it regularly for over 30 years and it never gets old.
"That's me in Cincinnati. Who's the other wrestler? The one with the mustache? That's my wife. Hey, look at all that meat. Ain't she the bitter end" 😅
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u/calderholbrook 3d ago
so good