The actual children of Hans Rosenthal Birgit Hofmann and Gert Rosenthal both praised the movie and were touched by it, especially how their father was portrayed. Birgit Hofmann said the scene in which her father is held under the bed in the arbor to hide from the Nazis moved her the most. Gert Rosenthal said that for him the most moving scene was the antisemitic physical examination for the Wehrmacht.
While the movie ends in 1978, the footage of Dalli Dalli (1971) shows scenes from episodes of the 1970s and 1980s as well.