Stories from the set

The name of the protagonist Elia corresponds to the name of the biblical prophet Elijah, the meaning of whose deeds echoes many scenes of the film. For example, the scene in which Elia talks to the ravens corresponds to the biblical legend of how the prophet was fed by a raven.

The title of the picture echoes William Shakespeare's well-known comedy «The Taming of the Shrew» (in Italian — La bisbetica domata), in which a wayward and capricious woman is brought to reason by a man.

The film ranked 11th in attendance among foreign films in Soviet film distribution.