Shown on Norwegian, German, Swiss, Czech and Slovak television every Christmas.
The Norwegian version is dubbed by one actor only and is also a rare event since most films will be showed with subtitles.
The actors were both Czechs and Germans and they all spoke their native language. In the respective editions, they were dubbed to Czech or German.
The scene where the prince is lifted by the fat woman in red was improvised, the look of surprise in his face is real.
The film became a traditional Christmas Eve movie on TV in Czech republic and several other European countries. However, according to the original script, it was supposed to be filmed in the summer. To completely rewrite each scene for the winter was the idea of the director Václav Vorlícek.