Simon MacCorkindale, who plays the lead here, played Capt. Von Trapp in the Sound of Music on stage in London, one of his final roles. Christopher Plummer, who plays Hump Hinton here, played Capt. Von Trapp in the original movie the Sound of Music.
A majority of the scenes were shot just outside Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan at Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Muesuem. It was created to imitate a small farming village that could have taken place in the 1900's - 1930's.