In the opening scene it is stated that:"at the beginning of the 19th century, war-bands of Ottoman turks,led by the feared Pazvanoglu,Pasha of Vidin savagely pillaged Wallachia meeting with no resistance from the part of the Phanariote leadership of Wallachia".
Romanian Director Dinu Cocea co-wrote the screenplay and directed this motion picture.
Second film from the Haiducii series.It was preceded by the 1966 film Haiducii and it's followed by the 1968 film Razbunarea Haiducilor.
The main character, Amza, was played by Ion Besoiu in the first film of the trilogy Haiducii.In this second installment of the trilogy, Amza is played by actor Emanoil Petrut.
Filming took place in parallel with the filming for the sequel of the Haiducii trilogy, Razbunarea Haiducilor.