One of very very few productions who got the permission to shoot on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Tom Zickler, the real life East German whose travels inspired this film, hardly spoke English when he traveled through the United States. He was well-known and successful German film producer who passed away suddenly from severe illness at age of 55.
First time ever that Matthias Schweighöfer had been in the USA.
Camera Operator Stephen Drinon asked Schweighöfer and Mücke why they do not do push up's before their takes ? Because both were topless in a lot of scenes. They asked him why should they ? Drinon told them when he was shooting independence day Will Smith were doing push up's before takes to make him look more muscled. After that they start doing push up's.
Tom's skeptical parents seen sitting in the living room are real-life parents of Matthias Schweighöfer.