Multi-Retailer Stalag 17 (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) (Kino Lorber) [USA]

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Release Date: November 21, 2023

Retail Price: $27.99

Purchase Link: Kino Lorber Best Buy (Affiliate Link)

 

 

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Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 (1953), starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, and Harvey Lembeck. The releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on November 21.

 

Description: The legendary star and director of 1950's Sunset Boulevard—William Holden and Billy Wilder—re-teamed three years later for the gripping World War II drama, Stalag 17. The result was a 1953 Best Director Oscar® nomination for Wilder, and the elusive Best Actor Oscar® for Holden. The iconic star of The Bridges at Toko-Ri and The Bridge on the River Kwai portrays the jaded, scheming Sergeant J.J. Sefton, a P.O.W. at the notorious German prison camp, who spends his days dreaming up rackets and trading with the Germans for special privileges. But when two prisoners are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there is a spy among them. Is it Sefton? Famed filmmaker Otto Preminger (Rosebud) tackles a rare acting role as the camp's commandant; Robert Strauss (The Seven Year Itch) earned the film's third Oscar® nomination (Best Supporting Actor) for his role as "Animal." Here's "the granddaddy of all World War II P.O.W. films" (Leonard Maltin), a powerful antiwar classic from the brilliant creator of Five Graves to Cairo, A Foreign Affair, Sabrina, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment.

 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

 

DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
• DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, Author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge
• Audio Commentary by Actors Richard Erdman and Gil Stratton with Co-Playwright Donald Bevan
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC TWO - BLU-RAY:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, Author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge
• Audio Commentary by Actors Richard Erdman and Gil Stratton with Co-Playwright Donald Bevan
• Stalag 17 - From Reality to Screen: Featurette (22:01)
• The Real Heroes of Stalag XVII B: Featurette (24:49)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles