Film debut of actresses Letícia Spiller, Juliana Baroni and Bianca Rinaldi, that at the time were all Xuxa's "Paquitas" (stage assistants).
Held the record the highest grossing Brazilian film (5 million tickets sold) that would be broken only 15 years later, by Two Sons of Francisco (2005) (5,3).
The original plot had Sergio Mallandro as a famous singer who would help Xuxa's character in her singing career similarly to A Star Is Born (1976), but Tizuka Yamasaki disliked this idea. Both the VHS and DVD cover mistakenly keep this as the movie's synopsis.
The "princess" and the "witch" in this story share a name: Maria. Mauricinho briefly refers to Lidinha in her full name, Maria Lídia.
The subject of an independent documentary produced by fans with crowd-funding, to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary in 2020.