Accuracies
Members of the Polish American community have pointed out that the movie presents correct aspects of Polish culture. Connelly has in the course of her life also used the name "Theresa Panek," which more clearly indicates her Polish origins.
- A Procession of the Virgin and selection of an actual virgin to lead it does not happen in the Polish Roman Catholic Church, but the procession in the movie bears many similarities to the May Crowning tradition in the Roman Catholic Church.
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