This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
- Writer 'Berthol Buerger' (qv) is a pseudonym for 'Erich Kaestner' (qv).
Kaestner was a banned author in Nazi Germany and his books were among those
burnt in 1933. For this movie he got the allowance to write the script but
was required to choose a pseudonym. The german word ``Buerger'' means
citizen.
- 'Josef Goebbels' (qv), Reichs-minister of propaganda and also chief of the
German UFA-studios, ordered this film to be made for the 25th anniversary of
the UFA.
 
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