The film features a cast entirely of people of Asian descent and stars Sojin as Su Shun and Etta Lee as Empress Tzu Hsi.
Director Elmer Clifton was paid $1000.00 for his work on this film and Light of India, a later entry in the series.
[3] The art direction and color supervision by Natalie Kalmus drew significant praise despite the project having one of the lowest budgets in the "Great Events" series.
A complete print was preserved by the Cinema Arts Laboratory in 1993 and is held in the archives at the George Eastman House.
[5] It was screened as recently as 2015 at the Museum of Modern Art's Roy and Niuta Titus Theater for a presentation by authors James Layton and David Pierce.