The producer had presided over an earlier compilation film of The Seven Deadly Sins a decade earlier, and wanted to retry the popular idea with some of the younger directors from the New Wave.
French visa # 25275 delivered on 15-2-1962.
In the "L'Envie" episode, the lady of the household has photographs of actresses she has met, it includes several from the 1952 version of The Seven Deadly Sins.
Italian censorship visa # 37189 delivered on 30-3-1962.