Krieg der Knöpfe
The film's story is based on the novel "La Guerre des boutons", written by Louis Pergaud and published in 1912. Pergaud's popular book has been reprinted more than 30 times. It has been adapted as film for the first time in the French productions "La Guerre des gosses" (1936) () and "La Guerre des boutons" ("War of the Buttons," 1962), the latter a black and white film directed by Yves Robert.