Mikis Theodorakis's theme song was covered by The Beatles in 1963 as part of their "Pop Go The Beatles" series for BBC Radio, with Paul McCartney on vocals.
Although it was the official British entry at the Berlin Film Festival of 1959 (where it was received without enthusiasm), this film did not actually get shown in Britain until 1962. It was a box-office failure and is today perhaps the least-seen of Michael Powell's later films.
The first film that Michael Powell had made without any contribution from Emeric Pressburger in almost twenty years.