[1] It is the first instance of events from the Second World War and the immediate post-war period being shown via unconventional art film techniques in Yugoslavia.

It is the first entry in Đorđević's wartime tetralogy, the other three being The Dream (1966), The Morning (1967) and Noon (1968).

The film is concerned with the way multiple characters experience war, with its main focus set on a love story between a soldier and a village girl, both of whom are partisans.

War is shown through the lens of the couple, as well as a photographer and a German officer.

[3] The Yugoslav Film Archive, in accordance with its authorities based on the Law on Cultural Heritage, declared one hundred Serbian feature films (1911–1999) as cultural heritage of great importance on December 28, 2016.