Two days after its premiere, the film was withdrawn after the intervention of the Greek Army Staff. The reason was the portrayal of a Greek army officer's wife who has a relationship with a German officer. The film came back to the theaters after the nationality of the character had changed from Greek to Hungarian.
The first Greek film which participated to the Cannes Film Festival.
'Filopoimin Finos' devoted this film to his father, who had been executed during the German Occupation.
The movie sold 78,318 tickets.