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1* ActingForTwo: Günter Meisner played both UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and [[CrossCastRole his sister Angela]].
2* ActorSharedBackground: Jo Cavalier is a boxer who became boxing trainer. Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo himself started his career as a boxer.
3* FakeNationality: Simon Rosenblum is a little Jewish German boy. His actor, Rachid Ferrache, is French. Also a case of NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent.
4* IronyAsSheIsCast: The German actor who played the chief [[UsefulNotes/TheGestapo Gestapo]] agent, Benno Sterzenbach, was actually arrested by the Gestapo in RealLife for "spying", but was released out of lack of proof.
5* {{Typecasting}}:
6** This was the first time Günter Meisner played Hitler. He would play him again (and much more seriously) in the 1980s miniseries adaptation of ''[[Literature/TheWindsOfWarAndWarAndRemembrance The Winds of War]]'' and a few other works.
7** Benno Sterzenbach was no stranger to Nazis[=/=]UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German officer roles ([[ThoseWackyNazis wacky]] or not), such as Major Achbach in ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'' (also directed by Creator/GerardOury).

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