The film was shot during Papadopoulos' dictatorship, making it a critic on the way fascist regimes rule both in Metaxas' and in Papadopoulos' case
Apart from the title there is no other mention of the date in the film, due to Aggelopoulos' will to show that fascist regimes portrayed in the film are no different than the fascist regimes of his time
This is Aggelopoulos' second feature film
Part I of "A Trilogy of History" by Theodoros Angelopoulos.
The movie was screened during 1972-1973 and sold 37,414 tickets. It came in 42nd out of 64 movies.