The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[2] but it did not make the final shortlist.

[3] The main title of the film refers to a fictional paramilitary formation, which uses the nickname of a unit of the Croatian paramilitary known as the Croatian defence forces and by the German occupied Independent State of Croatia during World War II.

[4] The plot takes place in the post-war Osijek.

The soldiers were given the task of retrieving the bodies of fallen comrades from the minefield.

[5] The plot includes real events related to the "Garage" case, a war crime in which Serb prisoners of war were tortured.