Stalag 13 - 60s Tv Weird Facts

A: It was blown up for a movie. Instead of dismantling the set, the studio left it standing until it was completely incinerated on camera for the 1974 exploitation film Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS.

Hogan’s Heroes is a classic 1960s television sitcom that follows the covert adventures of a resourceful crew of Allied prisoners who secretly operate an espionage and sabotage ring inside a German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II.

Years Active: 1965–1971 (6 seasons, 168 episodes)

Creators: Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy

Main Cast: Bob Crane (Col. Robert E. Hogan), Werner Klemperer (Col. Wilhelm Klink), John Banner (Sgt. Hans Schultz), Robert Clary (Cpl. Louis LeBeau), Richard Dawson (Cpl. Peter Newkirk), Ivan Dixon (Sgt. James Kinchloe), and Larry Hovis (Sgt. Andrew Carter).

The Time-Traveling 1960s Cars Blooper: Because the show was filmed on a Hollywood backlot in the 1960s rather than 1940s wartime Europe, a few modern elements slipped past the editors. In one specific scene where Hogan is using binoculars to scout out a German compound, several 1960s civilian cars can briefly be seen driving past in the background.