'Men And Chicken' trivia and fun facts

The old sanatorium from the movie was part of the sanatorium in Beelitz, near Berlin, Germany. The complex consists of 60 buildings built between 1898 and 1930. When the sanatorium was uses as a military hospital in WWI, Adolf Hitler was among the wounded. After WWII, it was used as a military hospital by the soviet union until 1994. Since they passed on any modernization the complex is very popular among movie companies for history pieces. Parts of 'The Pianist' (2002) and 'Valkiria' (2008) where shot in the area.

The child's voice narration at the beginning and the end of the film was performed by the director's daughter, Karen Marie Jensen.

'Men & Chicken' is only the fourth feature-film by director Anders Thomas Jensen. Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Ole Thestrup have appeared in all four.