Peter Medak was set to direct, but got upset about Menahem Golan's insistence on changes to the script and told Menahem to direct it himself.
Helena Bonham Carter was set to play the lead role, but dropped out when the original director was removed from the project.
Alexandra Mathie had a featured role that was removed in post.
A well known British actress was cast as Hanna but dropped out at short notice.