Because the Claire Bloom version of "A Doll's House" played in U.S. theatres that same year, the Jane Fonda version went directly to network television in the United States, after playing at the New York Film Festival.
Many years later, French actress Delphine Seyrig said that the filming was quite a nightmare for her.
Edward Fox and Delphine Seyrig had co-starred directly before "A Doll's House" in Il giorno dello sciacallo (1973).