directed by Billy Wilder, starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, USA 1953, 120 min., b/w, DCP, original version with Italian subtitles

American noncommissioned officers in a German POW camp discover that one of their number is a spy. Like Chaplin and Lubitsch before him, Wilder addresses Nazism by combining drama and comedy to lampoon human bestiality. Having seen part of his family disappear into concentration camps, he was well aware of the fact that the most threatening aspect of power is its obtuseness, and that a weapon to counter that obtuseness is by poking fun at its “triviality”. William Holden’s masterly performance won him an Oscar.

Image: Stalag 17 - Courtesy of Park Circus/Paramount.

Informazioni

Admission free while places last. Reservations are required

Sala Cinema - Palazzo Esposizioni Roma

Admission via steps in via Milano 9a

Reservations may be made on the Italian version of this page from 9:00 am on the day before the film is due to be screened until one hour before the performance begins. If for any reason you are unable to come, please remember to cancel the reservation in your basket so that someone else can book the place.