Rosaria Cianciulli, the creator of the movie, is actually related to Leonarda Cianciulli, the character that she plays in the film. Leonarda is Rosaria's great-great-aunt.
Alba Buccella, the actress playing the role of Serafina, Leonarda's mother, is actually the real mother of the actress Rosaria Cianciulli who plays Leonarda in the movie.
The application of the prosthetic took 4 hours on set, during that time the production kept shooting. In the medium close up of Rosaria Cianciulli (Leonarda) when she is sitting at the table, the person in front of her is not Betty Franchi (Faustina).
Some props and costumes like: the Rosary, the SS Savior statue, purses, veil, and others are actually from the 1940s and come from the same town where Leonarda Cianciulli was born and raised, Montella a small town in the south of Italy.