It received numerous awards including the Peace Prize of the Czech International Film Festival, the United Nations Award of the British Film Academy, and Polish Journalists Association Honorary Award, as well as becoming the world's first anti-nuclear film.
チェコ国際映画祭平和賞、英国フィルムアカデミー国連賞、ポーランドジャーナリスト協会名誉賞など多くの賞を受け、世界に於いても反核映画の第1号となった。