The short ten-minute movie caused an enormous public protest in Denmark because it depicted the actual shooting of two captive lions.

[2] In the summer of 1907, Ole Olsen decorated Elleore with palm fronds and artificial plants to simulate a tropical savanna.

At a court hearing, Alberti banned the movie in Denmark and revoked Olsen's license for his Biograf Theater.

The following year, after the charges of animal cruelty were dropped and the Danish ban was rescinded, the film had its homeland premiere on November 11, 1908.

Axel Graatkjær, who later became a favorite cinematographer of August Blom and Urban Gad, shot the film, credited under his actual name of A. Sørensen.