Fascism On Film - Episode 8 - Stalag 17

About this episode

The episode reviews the film Stalag 17 and discusses its portrayal of fascism and its relevance to historical and current events.

EPISODE NOTE: Apologies for the late release of this episode. We wanted to release a while ago after recording the episode in late November. As Anders has recently started a new job, there was a delay getting the episode out in time. We will try to be better with this in the future. Enjoy the episode. " There are two people in this barracks who know I didn't do it. Me and the guy that did do it. " Welcome to the eighth episode of our ongoing series: Fascism On Film. Each episode of this series, the Holmes Brothers look and review a film that has to do with fascism. During the episodes, the brothers look and see how the aspects and portrayal of fascism shown in the film relate to current and/or past events. On this Fascism on Film episode, the Holmes Brothers look at Stalag 17, directed by the great Billy Wilder. It stars William Holden who heads an all-star cast that includes Otto Preminger. Holden won his first and only Oscar for the film. An award he should have already won for Sunset Boulevard and he also should have won for Network. The film is set in a German P.O.W Camp during 1944. We focus on one barracks where American prisoners try to stay sane while the war carries on…

People in this episode

Host: Anders

Topics covered

• fascism
• film analysis
• World War II
• prisoners of war
• cinema history

Keywords

• Stalag 17
• Billy Wilder
• William Holden
• P.O.W Camp
• informant

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Stalag 17, Letterboxd

Books & works: Fascism On Film, Oscar, Sunset Boulevard, Network, Monument Valley Film, Delivery Run, The Hitcher

Places: US, Finland

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