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That's what the Geneva convention is for: to protect the rights of prisoners of war, whether they are Americans or Germans.

7 seconds sound clip from the Stalag 17 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:13:18.544 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- How long is temporarily? I trust not until July.

- Here you see a typical meal the prisoners are getting.

- Schulz, what are we having today?

- Bean soup mit ham hocks. Would you like to taste it?

- Thank you, no.

- Where's the ham hock? There should be a ham hock!

- When you find it, we'll send it to Geneva.

- Are there any complaints? Please speak up. Don't be afraid to talk.

- That's what the Geneva convention is for: to protect the rights of prisoners of war, whether they are Americans or Germans.

- What have you got to say?

- I like it here.

- What about you?

- It's all right, considering.

- What happened to you? Were you beaten? Why don't you answer? What did you do to this man?

- They didn't do nothing.

- Who beat you?

- Nobody beat me. We were playing pinochle. It's a rough game.

- Pardon me, sir. Since you want us to speak up, there was a man removed from this barracks last night. A Lieutenant Dunbar. We'd appreciate your looking into it. That's if they haven't shot him yet.

[...]

Stalag 17 (1953) Sound Clip

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Sound clips of the best quotes from the 1953 movie Stalag 17.

Actors: William Holden (J.J. Sefton), Don Taylor (James Dunbar), Otto Preminger (Colonel von Scherbach), Robert Strauss (Stanislas Animal Kuzawa), Harvey Lembeck (Harry Shapiro), Peter Graves (Frank Price)

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