The statue of Vladimir Lenin, appearing in the film, was thirty-five meters (one hundred fourteen feet and nine inches) tall.
Is one of "All-Time" 100 Movies by Time Magazine.
In the film, we are watching A Wandering in Florina, where his last controversial film is shown, with religious protests. This is a reference to Writer and Director Theodoros Angelopoulos' experience with Der schwebende Schritt des Storches (1991). A local metropolitan thought the screenplay was anti-national, and called forth his flock to obstruct the director to shoot the film.
First and, as of 2020, the only Greek film to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
Part two of "A Trilogy of Borders".