Originally, director Karel Kachyna and screenwriter Jan Procházka wanted to shoot this film in the early seventies. However, Procházka was blacklisted by communist regime in Czechoslovakia at the time and his script could not be realized then.
The film was originally made for TV in 1992 and broadcast the same year. After very positive feedback from audience and some international success was additionally also screened in Czech cinemas in 1995.