[1] The scenes set in Suez were filmed in a sandpit in Seutula, with cardboard palm trees, sand mounds for pyramids, and steamships pulled through a puddle.
Contemporary critics initially believed the film was shot on location in Suez[2], and some complained about the monotonous scenery.
[3] The film begins with the ending of Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä, where United Nations peacekeepers knock out the duo in a park.
After a series of misadventures, they rescue the caliph's daughter and receive a magic lamp, which grants three wishes.
Tomira Savtschenko of Kansan Uutiset found the film's humor and intellectual level unchanged, though a reader later defended the director's efforts, suggesting the critic underestimated the complexity of the production.