During the opening scene it is mentioned this film was produced "in the honor of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Vaslui".
Romanian Director Mircea Dragan co-wrote the screenplay and directed this motion picture.
The filming of this project took place in parallel with filming for the Romanian historical drama Fratii Jderi from 1973.
This project was entrusted to a team formed of Valeria Sadoveanu, Mircea Dragan and Constantin Mitru.The film is based on the volumes 2 and 3 of the Romanian historical novel 'Fratii Jderi' written by Romanian novelist Mihail Sadoveanu.Valeria Sadoveanu had requested that her name not be shown in the film credits.