 The film was started in 1939 but its shooting was interrupted when  France went to war. Only the scenes taking place in Indochina were  filmed then (they were included in the finished print). When the  shooting was able to resume, most of its actors were no longer  available and, apart from Catherine Fonteney, the whole film had to  be recast. The original actors were: Dita Parlo (qv),  Jean