(3/50) Stalag 17 (1953)

I was lied to, it isn’t a Christmas War movie, but a War movie set during Christmas, sadly no real Xmas involved.

(3/50) Stalag 17 (1953) – 3 🌟
Quote: “There are two people in this barracks who know I didn’t do it. Me and the guy that did do it.”
Verdict: Only good for nostalgia, if you watched it as a kid back in the 70s.

#disasterunicorn #christmasmovie #warmovie #movealong

I always have a thing for old war movies. My grandfather and dad would watch them on TV a lot, and mostly they were a blur to me. I thought the movie was kind of dumb, slow and not realistic at the age of 8, and guess what, it still is.

It is rife with sexist assholes, portraying the Germans and the Americans as both dumb, and removed any reality to the situation. While it is supposed to be based on a book of a real prisoner of war camp, even then in the 1950s there were complaints it was dumbed down.

Sadly, it won an Oscar, and that shows me that Oscars don’t really mean much. Don’t get me wrong, I really like William Holden and there were other movies he deserved an Oscar, but not that.