During the 29th Berlin International Film Festival in 1979, the Soviet delegation expressed its indignation with the film which, in their opinion, insulted the Vietnamese people in numerous scenes.
Tijekom filmskog festivala u Berlinu 1979. godine, sovjetska delegacija je izrazila svoje ogorčenje filmom koji je, prema njihovom mišljenju, vrijeđao vijetnamski narod u mnogim scenama.