Trivia

Francis Ford Coppola was such a big fan of this film that he hired its composer, Nino Rota, to score his 1972 masterwork, The Godfather (1972).

Renato Salvatori and Annie Girardot became lovers in real life.

On Martin Scorsese's list named "39 foreign movies you must see before you die".

When it was first released in the US in 1961, about half an hour of footage was cut out as it was deemed to be too violent for American audiences.

Frenchman Alain Delon was dubbed.