The film cost 12,000,000 drachmas and is still considered to be one of the greatest productions of Greek cinema.
The film sold 297,817 tickets.
Dimitris Ioakimidis who played the legendary Greek general Kolokotronis was only 32 years old when the real life Kolokotronis was 51 during the Greek Revolution of 1821.Also a prosthetic nose was used to make him look like Kolokotronis.