 "The Blood of Hussain" is known as "To Aima tou agonisti" in Greece, "Husseins Herzblut" in Germany and "Le Sang d'Hussain" in France.The film was banned by the Pakistani military ruler General Zia ul-Haq, after he seized power in a "coup de état" and became President of Pakistan in 1977, as the film portrays a fictional military coup in a less than favourable light.The ban on the film has not been lifted, and the director later moved to the United Kingdom.