Official submission of Soviet Union for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 46th Academy Awards in 1974.
The image and sound have undergone digital restoration by Mosfilm.
This was the third film of a production that was released as five feature films under the title known in English as "Liberation".
This third film was known in the United States as "Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow".
This film originally had an intermission with both parts running a little over an hour each.