Trivia

It was the only film Farrokhzad directed before her death in 1967. During shooting, she became attached to a child of two lepers, whom she later adopted.

The leper colony featured in the film is known as Bababaghi Hospice, which is located in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan.

It became 19th in The Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest documentaries of All Time.

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Although the film attracted little attention outside Iran when released, it has since been recognized as a landmark in Iranian film. Reviewer Eric Henderson described the film as "one of the prototypal essay films, The House is Black paved the way for the Iranian New Wave."