The director claims he based the movie on a situation which happened to him as a youth.
The movie's huge success in Germany was the main reason for shooting the sequels. It also became a box office success in Japan.
When the film came out, 40% of Israel's population went to see it.
Some including cameraman Adam Greenberg claim that producers Globus and Golam were basically broke after completing the movie and only its huge success kept them in business making it possible for them to found "Canon Films" in the U.S. However, Yoram Globus has stated that this wasn't true.
In 1982, Boz Davidson wrote and directed an American remake, The Last American Virgin, starring Lawrence Monoson and Diane Franklin.
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