2 Movies Starring Otto Preminger

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1942-08-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (301 Reviews)

Director:

Irving Pichel

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Nunnally Johnson

Nevil Shute (novel)

Fullplot:

Englishman Mr Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises - the risk of being heard speaking English.

Stalag 17

Stalag 17

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-08-10

Languages:

English, German, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (41468 Reviews)

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Writer:

Billy Wilder (written for the screen by)

Edwin Blum (written for the screen by)

Donald Bevan (based on the play by)

Edmund Trzcinski (based on the play by)

Fullplot:

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17. For the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem - there seems to be a security leak. The Germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes and in the most recent attempt the two men, Manfredi and Johnson, walked straight into a trap and were killed. For some in Barracks 4, especially the loud-mouthed Duke, the leaker is obvious: J.J. Sefton, a wheeler-dealer who doesn't hesitate to trade with the guards and who has acquired goods and privileges that no other prisoner seems to have. Sefton denies giving the Germans any information and makes it quite clear that he has no intention of ever trying to escape. He plans to ride out the war in what little comfort he can arrange, but it doesn't extend to spying for the Germans. As tensions mount and a mob mentality takes root, it becomes obvious that Sefton will have to find the real snitch if he is to have any peace and avoid the beatings Duke and others have inflicted on him.

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