 When Guus Verstraete (II) (qv), who had directed the two previous  Bassie & Adriaan adventures, was unavailable for this one, another  director was hired, who also brought an entirely new crew with him.  However, after only a few days of shooting, this director left the  project after a series of arguments. As no other directors were  available, Aad van Toor (qv) was offered the chance to direct,  which he accepted. Upon doing so, he also replaced most of the new  crew with people who had worked on the earlier series, including  cinematographer Mark de Blok (qv) and editor  Rob Klein (II) (qv).