 When the completed film was put before the military commission to be  vetted, it emerged that the director had been arrested at the time  of Liberation for collaboration, as had the director of photography,  Pée, Antoine (qv). Permission for distribution of the film was  withdrawn in January 1946, sparking a long controversy. The  allegation that this director had collaborated with the Germans at  an artistic level whilst head of the Verviers Opera was contested on  the grounds that his case had been dismissed due to lack of  evidence; nevertheless, his name was removed from the credits for  the final release of the film.