Although Nastassja Kinski receives second billing in this movie, her screen time is very limited and she's only seen for barely a few minutes.
The aerial footage of landing in Africa was taken from the movie Outbreak (1995) as this film didn't have a big enough budget to film the scene. In turn the scene of civilians being lead from a bus to be executed is re-used as a flashback in the movie Behind Enemy Lines (2001).
Four babies were used throughout the production.
The scenes set in Paris were actually shot in Montreal.