The sequence with Sir Derek Jacobi as Adolf Hitler admiring the interiors of the new Chancellery building were achieved by combining Jacobi's movements with original still photographs of the actual building.
Hans Meyer was offered the role of Ernst Kaltenbrunner, due to his performance in the mini-series Holocaust (1978), in which Meyer played the same role.
American television debut for Rutger Hauer. Hauer appeared in another made-for-television World War II movie, Escape from Sobibor (1987).
German Kabarett comedian, actor, and author Werner Finck was portrayed in this movie by American comedian Mort Sahl. Like Finck, Sahl won renown as a political comedian.