[1] Merli spoke about the film stating that his crew and him "left for Germany in January 1980.

It was amazing to shoot in Berlin stadium where Hitler used to deliver his speeches to the masses, especially since it was a gloomy day, with the sky completely covered with clouds.

I had shivers watching the field completely covered with white snow, and all around the black marble that the stadium was built of.

[1] The Rebel was distributed in Italy by Medusa on 22 August 1980 with a 102 minute running time.

[1] It was released on home video on VHS in Italy by AVO and as Il rebelle by Eureka.