Original Russian film is 340 minutes long (film length 9,582 m). It was reduced to 107 minutes for international distribution.
Real Don Cossacks were extras.
In 1974 a restoration of the original Russian film was done for its preservation.
Tikhiy Don was filmed by the similar name novel of Mikhail Sholokhov.
The first spectator of the film was Mikhail Sholokhov himself.