Made headlines of outrage in the Icelandic papers at the time for the fully naked appearance of then 14 year old lead actress Stephanie Sunna Hockett in sexual situations. She never acted in any film or TV production again.
The headsman's name is never mentioned once in the entire film.
The film takes place in 1699 and 1700.
The film is marketed in English by the director as "Middle Ages Now", despite taking place in the early modern period. The original title "Bödeln och skökan" literary translates to "The Headsman and the whore".