Its follow-ups are Nie ma mocnych (a Polish idiom meaning "no one can do") (1974), Kochaj albo rzuć ("Love or Leave") (1977), and Sami swoi.

The film was black and white but was colorized in 2000 by Dynacs Digital Studios for Polish television station Polsat.

Lubomierz has a museum dedicated to the movies, and Toruń has a statue of the two main heroes, Kargul and Pawlak.

The movie is the story of the two quarreling families, who after the end of the Second World War were resettled from Kresy to the Regained Territories, after Poland's borders were shifted westwards.

His brother, Kazimierz, tells him the story of how the families came to terms, in a form of Romeo and Juliet-like marriage between Pawlak's son, Witia, and Kargul's daughter, Jadźka.