Filmed along with the 5th season of Baantjer (1995), which was three episodes shorter because of this (later seasons were also shorter, however).
This feature length episode was commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of commercial channel RTL4.
This movie was the last one with freek van Muiswinkel as wachtcommandant Jochems.
He died shortly after the movie was finished.
Cause of death was pancreatic cancer.