While most of the film was shot on locations in what was, at the time, the country of Czechoslovakia - for example in the ossuary in Mělník, a town in Central Bohemia (which the story incorrectly claims to be in Transylvania), as well as at Barrandov Studios, Prague, some scenes were shot in Los Angeles.
Kateřina Jacques was born Kateřina Pajerová in the central Bohemian town of Mělník.
The local wine from the varietal Broad Leave Melnik Vine was reportedly a favourite of Winston Churchill's.
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Jiří Lobkowicz, businessman and politician, head of Mělník branch
Born in Mělník, Maýr began his career working as an opera singer at the opera house in Klagenfurt in 1839.
In the fall of 1918, Botkina married Konstantin Melnik, an officer of the Ukrainian Rifles whom she had known at Tsarskoye Selo.
Mělnické Vtelno, village and municipality in Mělník District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic