The Best POW Film i've Ever Seen.

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2017)

"There will be no Christmas trees. But there will be delousing with ice water from the houses. " Goddamn. I love this movie.
A group of American airmen in a Nazi POW camp come to a very disturbing conclusion that among them there must be a Nazi agent who has been disclosing all their secret plans to the camp's commandant. Clouds of suspicion gradually start to build up. Its quite different from most of the other POW movies that we are used to see & quite entertaining too. Wilder maintained the balance of comedy, drama, thrill & satire quite efficiently. There are two things that I liked most about the movie– the outstanding screenplay & some brilliant performances by the actors. Specially William Holden & Sig Ruman.
I can't really think of any other movies that do this good a job of being simultaneously funny and serious, except maybe Dr. Strangelove.