Books in French are on www.livres-cinema.info
Stalag 17
by Billy Wilder
(0 vote)Average rating:
| 0 | rating |  = We can do without |
| 0 | rating |  = Good book |
| 0 | rating |  = Excellent book |
| 0 | rating |  = Unique / a reference |
Your rating: -
Book Presentation:
Stalag 17 (1953), the riveting drama of a German prisoner-of-war camp, was adapted from the Broadway play directed by José Ferrer in 1951. Billy Wilder developed the play and made the film version more interesting in every way. Edwin Blum, a veteran screenwriter and friend of Wilder's, collaborated on the screenplay but found working with Wilder an agonizing experience.
Wilder's mordant humor and misanthropy percolate throughout this bitter story of egoism, class conflict, and betrayal. 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 the reasons for Wilder's changes.
Stalag 17 (1953), the riveting drama of a German prisoner-of-war camp, was adapted from the Broadway play directed by José Ferrer in 1951. Billy Wilder developed the play and made the film version more interesting in every way. Edwin Blum, a vetera
About the Author:
Billy Wilder was born in 1906 near Cracow in Polish Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His first career was journalism, but he soon moved into the German film industry as a scriptwriter. When Hitler came to power, Wilder fled to Paris and came to Hollywood in 1934. His fifty-year career there—as both director and cowriter—was one of astonishing versatility and genius, encompassing films about war, murder, alcoholism, Hollywood, sensational journalism, prison camps, criminal trials, love stories, and romance as comedy. Billy Wilder has been nominated for twenty-one Academy Awards and has won six Oscars. He lives in Los Angeles. Jeffrey Meyers, a renowned biographer, has written many books and articles on modern American, English, and European literature. He lives in Berkeley.
See the publisher website: University of California Press
See Stalag 17 (1953) on IMDB ...
> From the same author:
Billy Wilder on Assignment (2021)
Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna
Dir. Noah Isenberg, Billy Wilder and Billy Wilder
Subject: Director > Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder on Assignment (2021)
Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna
Dir. Noah Isenberg, Billy Wilder and Billy Wilder
Subject: Director > Billy Wilder
Double Indemnity (2000)
The Complete Screenplay
by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler
Subject: One Film > Double Indemnity
> On a related topic:
Ready for My Closeup (2025)
The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream
Subject: One Film > Sunset Boulevard
From the Moment They Met It Was Murder (2024)
Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir
by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Subject: One Film > Double Indemnity
Film Scripts Three (2013)
The Apartment, The Misfits, Charade
Dir. George P Garrett Jr., O. B. Hardison and Jane R. Gelfman
Subject: One Film > The Apartment, The Misfits, Charade
Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (2010)
by Dan Auiler and Alison Castle
Subject: One Film > Some Like It Hot
Double Solitaire (2024)
The Films of Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder
Subject: Director > Billy Wilder
Magic Time (2023)
The Films and Scripts of Billy Wilder
by J. R. Jordan and Austin Pendleton
Subject: Director > Billy Wilder
Back
