Several film critics, who had clearly consulted their Bibles, noted that Bera, the King of Sodom and Gomorrah according to the Old Testament, had unaccountably undergone a sex-change for this film becoming Queen Bera and played by Anouk Aimee.
Shot over a period of 11 months.
Sergio Leone was hired to direct the second unit on the film but left shortly after production began. To this day, it is unclear whether he quit or was fired.
Originally budgeted at $2 million, the cost of the film quickly rose to $5 million.
In 1962, this was given an X certificate by the British Board of Film Classification. The modern-day equivalent in the UK is an 18 certificate, or in the States, an NC-17.