The pack of dogs released to hunt down the princess consists of Irish Setters, a breed much too peaceful to be used for such a nefarious purpose.
Actor Jan Hrusínský was injured during filming when he fell from the hotel he was staying in through the glass ceiling of the hotel restaurant. Most of the shots had to be completely re-arranged so that it would not be noticeable that Prince Jaroslav's leg was in a plaster cast reaching up to his hip.
One of three Václav Vorlícek's fairy tale movies based on work of Bozena Nemcová. The other two are Três Desejos para Cinderela (1973) and Princ a Vecernice (1979).
Director Václav Vorlícek wanted to avoid the usual cliche that the disgraced negative character in Sleeping Beauty is an ugly old hag and wished that the Queen's evil sister Melanie was as beautiful as the Queen herself, who was to be played by Milena Dvorská, so he cast Libuse Svormová in the part. To make the actress look even fresher as Melanie, the make-up artists lifted her skin above her cheekbones and covered everything with a wig.