Writer and director Eric Bruno Borgman plays the deserter however in the titles The Deserter is listed as, "himself".
Though this movie has a music track and a sound track it is essentially a silent comedy film.
The drummer's uniform is that of the British 10th Regiment of Foot, an actual regiment that fought in America during the American Revolution.
The director discussed with Bernard Fox about playing a British officer in the film, but it fell through when Fox became unavailable.