The American car Ricky drives is a 1962 Chevrolet Impala.
The movie is made up of 222 shots.
The pinball machine that Ricky and Kurt play on at their mother's house is a "Student Prince" electro-mechanical machine made by Williams Electronics Inc. in 1968.
Fassbinder name checks at least six fellow directors in the film: Samuel Fuller, Fritz Lang, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Max Ophuls, Rosa Von Praunheim and Raoul Walsh.