Christina Zuber Crocker is only featured in the extended director's cut of the film; her one scene as Fritz was cut from the theatrical version of the movie to keep the running time down to a reasonable length.
The location for the Nazi prisoner-of-war camp was an old abandoned sanitarium in Long Island.
Paul Richichi's last film; he officially retired as an actor after playing the priest in this movie.
Over 50 people who reenact World War II battle scenarios on a regular basis were used as extras in this film.