[2] It was selected as the Luxembourgish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards[3][4] On 7 December it appeared in the eligible list for consideration for the 2024 Oscars,[5] but, it didn't make it to the shortlist.

[8][2][9] Filming began on 25 April 2022 and completed on 25 June mainly near the Eyneburg castle in Hergenrath in the municipality of Kelmis, Belgium.

[14] Duncan Roberts writing in Luxembourg Times praised Loïc Tanson and Frédéric Zeimet for researching the "old Luxembourgish to create dialogue with accents and vocabulary that may have been used in the 1880s".

Roberts also praised production designer Christina Schaffer "for creating a suitably grim ambience"; and costume designer Magdalena Labuz for meticulous costumes; and duo of When Airy Met Fairy (Thorunn Egilsdottir and Mike Koster) for the "haunting music".

He added, "It is a gripping and gritty story - there are scenes of violence that will cause more sensitive viewers to reel in horror - that delves into a period of Luxembourg history also seldom explored.