"There are two people in this barracks who know I didn't do it. Me and the guy that did do it."

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 2016)

STALAG 17 is humorous war drama, which is, given the place of action, too funny. Despite this film is full of suspense and excitement. Set is in a German prison camp for soldiers and non-commissioned officers (Stalag). One of the protagonists is cynical prisoner that his co-prisoners suspected to be an informer, and who therefore is trying to find the real culprit.
Prison camp may not be a place for so much laughter. However, the protagonists in this film is not to laugh. I saw it as a way of survival. Otherwise, I'd seen the movie full of despair and depression. Well, that's true. The atmosphere in the film based on the conflict. Comic scenes are represented in the breaks. I think they sort of break from the main story. Conflicts are not limited. The same applies to the comic. Simply, everyone got a few minutes. Resourcefulness individual protagonist is ably described. This is why the movie is so exciting. One of the protagonists traded and creates inventions, the two are trying to sneak into the camp where the captured Russian women and the third transmit information.
William Holden as J.J. Sefton did not protagonist to initially attract attention. Quiet and cynical performance. Given the atmosphere in the barracks, his performance was almost hostile. The prisoner who has no friends, traded and bet on human lives. However, in the second part of the film, we can conclude that most of his actions is justified. Calm, resourceful and brave character. Holden performance is excellent. Perhaps, his performance was not pretty, but it is effective and realistic. It is a strange philosophy of survival.