The film won the Grand Prix at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival[3] and the Special Jury Prize at Locarno, and established Szabó as a director of international stature. The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4] The film was chosen to be part both of Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968 and its follow-up, the New Budapest Twelve in 2000.[5][6]
^Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^Ujhelyi, Szilárd (1968). Karcsai Kulcsár, István (ed.). A BUDAPESTI 12. Filmbarátok Kiskönyvtára. Budapest: Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum.
