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Released
1953 · FILM

Stalag 17

A savvy black‑market prisoner in a WWII German stalag must outwit his own comrades and expose the real informant before suspicion turns deadly.

“The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!”

Directed by
Billy Wilder, Frank Baur
Written by
Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum
Rated
MPA · Approved
Color
Black & White
Runtime
120 min
ComedyDramaWar
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

In World War II, following the deaths of two American prisoners killed by guards during an escape attempt from a German POW camp, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton becomes a suspect in the case.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 140+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by George TomasiniShot by Ernest LaszloScored by Franz Waxman

Box Office

1953 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$10.0M

Budget$1.7M
Worldwide gross$10.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • (Alternative Title)Inferno Nº 17
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United KingdomMay 29, 1953
  • United StatesJun 6, 1953
  • CanadaJul 1, 1953
  • BrazilAug 10, 1953

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures
DistributionParamount Pictures, Paramount British Pictures, Film AB Paramount, Paramount-Films
Other companiesFlair Communications, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

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