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Edmund Trzcinski (2 January 1921 – 3 June 1996) was an American playwright, best known for the play Stalag 17. He was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York. An enlisted member of the 8th Air Force, his airplane was shot down over Germany and he was sent to Luft Stalag 17B.
Edmund Trzcinski was born on 2 January 1921 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Stalag 17 (1953). He died on 3 June 1996 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Edmund Trzcinski was born on January 2, 1921 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Stalag 17 (1953). He died on June 3, 1996 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
The play was written by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, based on their experiences as prisoners in Stalag 17B in Austria. The film stars William Holden in an Oscar-winning performance, along with Don Taylor, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Richard Erdman, Michael Moore, Sig Ruman, and Otto Preminger. Strauss and ...
Many audience members’ first exposure to Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski’s masterful reimagining of their POW experiences comes through the classic 1953 film adaptation of Stalag 17. Directed by Billy Wilder, the film earned three Academy Award nominations and won lead actor William Holden an Academy Award for his portrayal of Sefton.
Dec 9, 1990 · "STALAG 17," the World War II drama by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski, was first produced on Broadway in 1951. It was later made into a movie starring William Holden, and it was the...
Mar 30, 2010 · The original play was penned by two GIs—writer-cartoonist Donald Bevan and Bronx native Edmund Trzcinski—who were actually imprisoned in a bleak German compound known as Stalag 17B. It’s a fictionalized account of their wartime experiences, with composite characters drawn from real life.
