Stalag 17 (1953)
Directed by Billy Wilder · Cinematography by Ernest Laszlo
Approved120 min65 frames
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What is Stalag 17 about?
After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.
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What does the cinematography of Stalag 17 look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, Stalag 17 builds its coverage from medium shots (56% of the sample), with wide compositions (22%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Ernest Laszlo keeps 50% of it in soft, low-key light. 67% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Stalag 17?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Stalag 17 (1953) are #050505, #2e2e2e, #8f8f8f, #6c6c6c, #4b4b4b, #cecece — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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