Stalag 17
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 6, 1953 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The problem is that the two moods aren't properly cross-fertilised, with the resolute bleakness of the settings and Wilder's direction positing a reality that is constantly undercut by the comic opera crew of Germans headed by Preminger. A fascinating film, nevertheless. Read full review
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The New YorkerPauline Kael
The gallows humor is entertaining, despite some rather braod roughhouse effects.
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