Anecdotes

Dudley Moore, who plays an orchestra conductor, shadowed Bill Conti, who wrote the film's score, to actually learn the techniques used to conduct a symphony orchestra.

The classical piece of music that Dudley Moore acts out his revenge fantasy to was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's violin concerto.

This was originally intended as a project for Peter Sellers before his death in 1980.

Comedy star Dudley Moore, who plays the piano in this film, in real life was an accomplished pianist.

In the original poster art and on the DVD cover Kinski wears a glamorous red-sequined cocktail dress that never appears in the finished film.