1) At the time, this film was the most expensive animated production in Germany.
2) During the film’s release in German theaters, director Michael Schoemann stated that the reason this film doesn’t tell the real story about the discovery of the New World is because he wanted to create a film from a more satirical view in order to differentiate ourselves clearly from the lofty views of history, so we can present Columbus as a lovable, charming, and befuddled scholar, rather than having him portrayed as a greedy explorer as depicted in history books.
Audio/visual unsynchronized
1)The seagull’s beak didn’t move when he said “What’s with him?”.
Factual errors
1)The ending implied that the land Columbus discovered will be known as New York City, yet on his first voyage to the new world he landed at The Bahamas, not near New York.
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