When Lena and Pieps dig through the snow and bump into the directional sign, several countries are listed, including how long it takes to get to that country from its standing point. One of them reads "Cartoon Film", which refers to Rothkirch Cartoon Film, the main production company behind this film.
One year after hits Movie Mirco Nontschew, Ralf Schmitz and Anke Engelke working together on Oh wie schön ist Panama.
The film's villains, Bill and Carlson, are directly modeled after their respective voice actors, Elton and Simon Gosejohann. The only addition made was Carlson's goatee.