The film is inspired from Romanian novelist Victor Ion Popa's novel Velerim Si Veler Doamne written in 1933.
This film was Romania's official entry for Best Foreign Film at the 1977 Oscars but was rejected by the Academy.
Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu wrote the screenplay,directed and also starred in this film.
Costume designer Oltea Ionescu was replaced by costume designer Hortensia Georgescu after she had certain disagreements with Director Sergiu Nicolaescu.
Initially, the Communist censorship refused to accept the film as presented and asked for certain intro and ending scenes to be deleted.The shortened version of the film was ready on 22nd of May, 1976.The film was approved on the 10th of July, 1976 and the standard copy was finalized on the 15th of July, 1976.