Sixth highest grossing movie of the year in France.
The villain's name (De Ferroussac) is based on the director's real last name: Philippe de Broca de Ferroussac.
The expression "Vive le Maréchal" is a strange nod to Marshal Philippe Pétain, a World War I hero who later became the head of the collaborationist Vichy France regime during World War II.
The film underwent a 4K restoration by StudioCanal at the L'Immagine Ritrovata labs with support from the French CNC. The color timing was supervised by cinematographer Jean-François Robin, who collaborated with director Philippe de Broca on two of his later films, the similar swashbuckler adventure film On Guard (1997) and Amazon (2000).