Based on the award winning novel by Dobrica Cosic.
Episodes set in Prerovo were filmed in Serbian village, Gornji Racnik.
Igor Djordjevic, who plays Djordje Katic, admitted in an interview that he also suffered from alcoholism in the past.
Anica Dobra and Mina Sovtic are mother and daughter in real life. Anica plays Simka's midwife and Mina is portraying Olga Tosic.