The five stories were chosen from a choice of 55, translated to Italian by Francesco Saba Sardi in 1971, from the German
African tales by Leo Frobenius, published in "Das Schwarze Dekameron" (1910) and "Sammlung Atlantis" (1921-28).
German Import DVD has a Super-8mm Version of "Goodbye Uncle Tom", (German Audio only) as a special feature on the disc.