It was filmed in Pervari (Siirt).
Sürü was voted one of the 10 Best Turkish Films by the Ankara Cinema Association.
The development of the script of Sürü began in 1973, while Güney was in prison in Selimiye. And he finished it while in prison in Izmit.
In the first draft of the script, the title of the movie was "Berivan and Sivan".