Lead actor Tilen Lapajne (as Anze) was six and a half years old during filming, and he made stunned everyone on the set with his amazing leading performance.
Janez Lapajne did not want to use replicas of firearms and artificial sound of gunshots in his film. Therefore all soldiers in the film wear original pistols, guns or rifles from the World War 2. And the very same pieces of weapons were used for sound recording at the adequate location.
Filmed entirely in the stunning Julian Alps, Slovenia.
Director Janez Lapajne never uses a storyboard when he makes films. During filming he always decide then and there how events should be set up and viewed. He makes use of what the setting offers him in any given moment.