Part III of "A Trilogy of History" by Theodoros Angelopoulos.
The movie sold 105,645 tickets. It came in 1st out of 17 movies.
The copy in Cannes festival in 1977, run's longer 02:51:27 vs 02.23.21 (167min vs 144min).
The longer version release in a chinese DvD bootleg produce a certain quiproquo when the official DvD release went out in UK and France.
The Swiss editor Trigon-film confirm that the shorter version is considerate as the director's cut. The director removed some scenes that already been in the film or in the figures.