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The film is based on the novel of Janusz Pshimanovsky.

Spectators from different countries fell in love with the main characters of the film and including a swashbuckling officer Algirdas. Few people know that the prototype of this character was a real person — Russian, Siberian, born in the Zalesovsky district (Altai Krai), brave tanker Viktor Mattresses. In the Great Patriotic Mattresses fought in the 1st Polish corps, created in the USSR, their courage amazing poles.

In 2007, because of the protests of Polish nationalists the series banned in Poland for showing on television with the phrase "Soviet propaganda".

The role Ball played two of the dog — police, well-trained sheepdogs. They were very similar to each other. When shepherds have always been a guardian, he was standing behind the camera. In one of the museums in Poland, until recently, kept a stuffed Ball under the glass (unknown shepherd from the TV series or the original), because tourists are not just trying to get some wool for Souvenirs.

Actor Wlodzimierz Press believed that his father was killed during the German occupation of Poland and he did not hope to find traces of it, thinking that from all the family he was left alone with the mother. However, due to the released film actor found the sister of his grandfather, who lived in Russia. As it turned out, his father was in the Warsaw ghetto and later perished in Treblinka.

In the story Ya Pshimanovsky tank commander was not Polish Olgierd jarosz, a Soviet officer Vasily Semyon (Pol. Wasyl Semen). The prototype for this character could be a tank commander Viktor Mattresses included in the historical report Pshimanovsky "Studzyanki".

In the movie tank brigade. Heroes of Westerplatte commanded by Colonel Tadeusz Kalinowski. In fact, the commander of the brigade. Heroes of Westerplatte was General Yang Magican whose name appears in the story.

In the latest series of the film on the set of used AKM as a substitute few surviving assault rifles STG-44.

Instead of German tanks throughout the film used Soviet T-34-85, disguised as Tigers and is-2 under "Panther". In 12 series is-2 used by the Germans are not modified.

The first film Janusz Gaios almost turned out to be his most recent. In one of the shooting days, which began very early — at 6 am, Janusz was only one episode. After shooting it, the Director let the actor home, but he decided to wait for comrades, lay down on the meadow and fell asleep. Woke up when the front wheels of the Studebaker drove through his back. Two months after that Janusz was in a cast. Not to stop shooting, the Director with the screenwriter came up with a new episode — Janek in the hospital. On the set clad in plaster Janusz brought to Ambulance.

Throughout the film actively used the modern, at the time of the shooting, the military equipment of the Warsaw Pact countries. 3-series the German artcollections caught by Gostelekom and Janek, using a radio R-126. 7-series Bulb on the road stumbles upon the Germans, traveling in the armored vehicle BRDM-1. 12-series used armored vehicle of the Hungarian FUG of production.