Based on true events. The names of the German airmen were not changed for this film, but the names of the British airmen were changed. The real names of the British airmen were captain R. T. Partridge (Davenport) and R.S. Bostok (Smith).
Rupert Grint's first film after the Harry Potter franchise.
With the exception of Stig Henrik Hoff, who was born in Norway, all of the main actors were born in their character's nations- Florian Lukas and David Kross in Germany, with Lachlan Nieboer and Rupert Grint in England.
David Kross (Josef), did voiceover work on the German version of the videogame for, "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone". Rupert Grint (Smith), was one of the stars, in the Harry Potter movies