Bertrand Blied directed his own father Bernard Blier in this movie.
Susan Wolf's debut.
Final film of Simone Duhart.
According to Bertrand Blier, Jean Gabin had agreed to play the bishop eating one evening some leg of lamb with beans but the producer Christian Fechner met Jean Gabin and decided he could not afford him after Gabin told him that his fee was the same whether he shoots for one hour or three months, it is the same price.
According to Bertrand Blier, the movie was for Jean Yanne and Jean-Paul Belmondo: Jean Yanne agreed, Belmondo eventually refused, recoiling at some scenes.