 Cinematographer József Nagy (I) (qv) (who was born at  Hódmezövásárhely, where the film is based) unsuccessfully tried to  convince director György Hintsch (qv) to cast a Hungarian actress  in the lead role. Because of this disagreement, Nagy wrote a letter  to István Lénárt (qv) in 1986, asking for permission to resign.  This was not allowed, so the DOP and the director had to finish the  film together, but their bad relationship carried on through the one  year shooting.