Brando ngaturang pahan carita asiki ring pilem indik pangélingnyané, sané  maosang yéning sutradara Gillo Pontecorvo wantah sutradara sané  pinih utama, sané  naanin maprakanti sareng dané, sesampuné Kazan miwah Bernardo Bertolucci.
Brando dedicated a full chapter to the film in his memoir, stating that the director, Gillo Pontecorvo, was the best director he had ever worked with next to Kazan and Bernardo Bertolucci.