[4] Pipo receives a letter from Aunt Anouschka asking him for help with mysterious events in a nearby castle that appears to be haunted.

The script is loosely based on a 1960 TV series, Pipo en het zingende zwaard, filming took place in Spain.

[8] Tara Elders, who starred in a number of Theo van Gogh movies, plays the part of the titular character's lady lover.

The Indian Klukkluk, notably absent from Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder, was to make his return.

[11] However, Meuldijk died in 2007, and though a musical, Pipo en de Gestolen Stem, was produced in 2009, no movie has been released.