[2][3] Strumtruppen is a film based on a comic book series written by Bonvi about the conflict in the trenches of World War II from the point of view of the German army.

[4] The idea to adapt Bonvi's scripts to a film came from producers Ermanno Donati and Luigi Carpentieri who had recently produced another popular Italian production set in World War II, Salon Kitty.

[4] The project eventually went through several different stages as Donati and Carpentieri were not convinced by the original director Ennio De Concini's vision of the film.

[4] De Concini later spoke about his involvement in Strumtruppen, stating that he "felt that my relationship with cinema was running out.

[5] The film's success led to a sequel Sturmtruppen 2 - Tutti al fronte [it] which was written by Bonvi and again directed by Samperi.