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Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2001)

The only thing that made me see this movie was a thousand references to "Hogan's Heroes." Now I have to admit that I like and appreciate both. With the wry wit of "MASH," this movie has given me a faint glimpse into the prisoner of war camps of WW2. The plot starts out like the show with Bob Crane and Werner Klemperer and turns into a whodunit that leaves you wondering who the fink is. Even after seeing this movie a dozen times, I keep returning for the humor, my favorite being the Hitler take-off. "One Fuerher is enough for me. " says Schultz played by the obscure Sig Rumen. My favorite characters besides William Holden's are Harvey Lembeck and Robert Strauss as they are at the hub of most of the humor. The cold reality of the war is also present in the superb plot as is the POW's way of handling it. Otto Preminger turns in an excellant performance as the Commodant. All together, the Billy Wilder material comes through perfectly in this classic film.