The film was initially refused a UK certificate by the BBFC owing to shots of pubic hair, though the distributor himself partly ruined its chances by ignoring the film's creative aspects and instead telling censor John Trevelyan "I am sending you a film with a few tits in it. I don't think much of it but I can sell it to the sex theaters". It was eventually passed with minor cuts in 1969 and released fully uncut on video in 1996.
As of 2016 it was included in the #100 Serbian movies list (1911-1999) and protected as cultural heritage of great importance.
According to Dusan Makavejev, this film (though successful) was never "officially" approved or produced. Makavejev had repeatedly asked the Yugoslav government (who controlled film production in the country at the time) when he could make his next film, but they repeatedly told him they were busy and to come back later. He and his crew started squatting in the basement of the film offices, where they were discovered by an out-of-work production manager who managed to arrange circumstances so that shooting could take place (the crew were so flattered that they didn't have the heart to tell him that the film was not yet approved). The government was so busy working with foreign film producers that they either didn't realize or care what Makavejev was doing.