For the 2001 video release by Platinum Disc Corporation, the box correctly lists Steve Reeves as the star. However, the photo on the box is of Gordon Scott. The photograph was from another movie, Sergio Corbucci's Duel of the Titans, in which both Reeves and Scott appear.
For the U.S. English dubbed version, released through Warner Brothers, the name of director Riccardo Freda was listed in the credits as Richard Freda.
Italian censorship visa # 29387 delivered on 4-6-1959.
The film was based on a book by Leo Tolstoy, who in turn based the book on his experiences in the Russian army in Chechnya when his unit was sent to help subdue Chechen guerrillas.