At the time of filming this play, Helle Hertz and Christopher Bro had been married for at few years and had their first child the year before. In total they had three children, all of them to become actors: Anders Peter Bro (b. 1965), Nicolas Bro (b. 1972) and Laura Bro (b. 1973).
Adapted from a short story by Rolf Bagger, published in the 1963 anthology "Min mave er en åkande" as one of 16 contributions from a new generation of writers - among them also Anders Bodelsen, Svend Aage Madsen and Sven Holm.