One of four Russian films ever to win Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The others are War and Peace (1966), Dersu Uzala (1975) and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Songs used were from the works of the following songwriters: B. Kornilov, V. Lebediev-Koumatch, A. Jarov, V. Schmidtof, P.Guerman, I. Alvek (from credits).
Music used was from the works of the following composers: D. Chostakovich, I. Dounaevski, A. Tsfasman, V. Trofimov, S. Dechkine, Iou Khait (from credits).