Production Notes
- The German title translates as "With the Wind to the West", although the families' actual flight path, from Pößneck in Thuringia to Naila, near Hof in Bavaria, did not take them west geographically, but almost due south.
- The license plates on the cars in the movie used the correct East German numbering system but were pressed on West German blanks using West German DIN-standard dies. Such plates were issued briefly, but not until after German reunification, thus creating an unintended and ironic anachronism.
- John Hurt was approached on set to lend his voice to Disney's then-upcoming animated feature The Black Cauldron as the Horned King.
- The movie was filmed on location in Bavaria.
- The film was nominated for two Young Artist Awards — Best Family Picture and Best Young Actor (Doug McKeon)
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