While the film was a flop with critics and audiences in France, it was an unexpected cult success in the USA, running for years in Boston repertory film houses circa 73-76. Midnight showings around the country made it an early cult film, like The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Eraserhead (1977), El Topo (1970), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), etc...
Director Philippe de Broca played a soldier named "Adolf", who has a mustache like Hitler, in one of the first scenes.
Cited by lyrics author and poet Horacio Ferrer as a direct influence in his masterpiece "Balada para un loco", co-written with the great musician Astor Piazzolla.
Underwent a 4K digital restoration in 2016 by Technicolor from the original Techniscope negative under the supervision of original cinematographer Pierre Lhomme.
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