Risto Tuorila was original choice to play Seppo Hakala, Rauni Luoma to play grandmother, Liisamaija Laaksonen to play Laina and Lasse Pöysti to play the teacher.
With audience of 179,451 this was second most watched domestic film in Finland in 1988.
Finnish Film Foundation's share of budget was 2,175,000 FIM.