The writer of this story, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, often incorporated autobiographical tidbits into his stories. When he was a young man, he had an affair with a dancer which distressed his mother and led her to come retrieve him. In this movie, it is his father who comes to retrieve him.
This movie was immensely popular when it was released in 1969 because of its many kissing scenes - it was rumored to contain over 100 kisses. Today, Egypt is much more conservative and movies rarely feature more than one or two kisses in the entire show. Because it is considered too racy by today's standards, this movie is censored from being shown on Egyptian television.
Nadia Lutfi, the actress who played the role of the dancer Ferdous, never actually worked as a dancer herself. This is why the camera shows very little of her performing.
Although he isn't listed in the credits, Hamada Hossam El-Din created the choreography for the ensemble dances. He had been one of the original seven male members of the world-renowned dance company, Reda Troupe.
Director Hussein Kamal used special lighting in the bedroom scene to conceal traces of illness on Abdel Halim's face who was diagnosed with Bilharzia.