Was the highest grossing Dutch film of 2005.
Won the Golden Film on the 10th day, which is extremely fast.
WILHELM SCREAM: in an early scene in the kitchen, when Ali is knocked over.
Director Sergio Sollima is thanked in the end credits.
Koolhoven has said in several interviews that the title sequence is sort an updated version of (and homage to) the title sequences in spaghetti westerns.