Stalag 13 was an outdoor
film set
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, built in 1965 near the northwest corner of
RKO Forty Acres
RKO Forty Acres was a film studio backlot in the United States, owned by RKO Pictures (and later Desilu Productions), located in Culver City, California. Best known as Forty Acres and "the back forty," it was also called "Desilu Culver," the "RKO ...
in
Culver City
Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. Founded in 1917 as a "whites only" sundown town, it is now an ethnically diverse city with what was called the "third-most ...
. It was used to depict various
prison camps, most famously the
POW
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Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...
camp of ''
Hogan's Heroes
''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...
''. In early 1968 it also hosted a ''
Mission: Impossible'' crew. Often the camera faced the front gates from inside the compound near the commandant's office to show the passage of guest characters; such scenes looked northeast to a tree-covered berm beyond which utility poles along Higuera Street were visible.
In 1974, Stalag 13 became the outdoor location in ''
Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS''. Set demolition began while that movie was photographed; by summer 1974 all traces of the "camp" were gone and a new set was erected for ''
The Fortune
''The Fortune'' is a 1975 American black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heir ...
''.
References
Buildings and structures in Culver City, California
Film location shooting
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