- Aluminum Christmas Trees: A French Somua S35 tank with German markings is seen at one point. While it's not possible to tell if it was either randomly used for the film or put in it on purpose, Germans did make use of such Beutepanzer ("booty tanks") after the French defeat of 1940.
- Critic-Proof: Critics didn't think much of the film, which nonetheless grossed over 4 million cinema admissions in France, which was more than the Splendid troupe's own first two French Fried Vacation films combined.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Minus the Resistance involvement, Michel Galabru later played a role similar to Papy/Gramps in Le Silence de la Mer (the 2004 adaptation of the novel to which Gramps Is in the Resistance, despite being a comedy, borrows many elements), only this time it was absolutely Played for Drama instead of Played for Laughs.
- Spiritual Successor: The film was made partly to emulate fellow comedy La Grande Vadrouille with its World War II Occupation of France setting, ample use of Those Wacky Nazis and involvement of La Résistance and at least one classical musician at the heart of the story. It was even supposed to have La Grande Vadrouille's own Louis de Funès, but his death before filming changed some plans.
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