# Billy Wilder at War Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-filmographers-6832201/billy-wilder-at-war Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-filmographers-6832201/billy-wilder-at-war.md Podcast: [The Filmographers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-filmographers-6832201) Published: 2025-11-25T06:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://thefilmographerspodcast.podbean.com/e/billy-wilder-at-war/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c9yfg9ph3idy3ykh/S002P003_PREVIEW.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-filmographers-6832201/episodes/billy-wilder-at-war Duration seconds: 723 ## Resource Just as World War II was ending, Billy Wilder was made a colonel in the United States Army. HIs job? Simple: Root Nazis out of the German film industry and get it up and running again. But this is Billy Wilder, and his return to Germany was a colorful one--and a deeply personal one. Enjoy this preview of our Patreon exclusive. And we've said it before, but once again: We're upping our Patreon in a major way for Season 2, so be sure to join today! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social mediaInstagram @thefilmographersBluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.socialLetterboxd @filmographersYouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Websitehttps://filmographerspodcast.com/ CreditsKeir Graff & Michael Moreci, hostsKevin Lau, producerGompson, theme musicCosmo Graff, graphic design ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-filmographers-6832201/episodes/billy-wilder-at-war/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-filmographers-6832201/billy-wilder-at-war.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.