The animated film is based on Russian folk tales.
Verlioka is the mythological one-eyed creature.
In the mid-1990s, the animation was released on videotapes in the collections of the best Soviet cartoons Studio PRO Video, and in Soyuz-Video studio in the cartoons collection of the Soyuzmultfilm studio.
On October 8, 2009, the official release of the animated film was held on a DVD, which was prepared and implemented by Soyuz Video.