 Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the  war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted  several times only to stop for good in September of the same year.  It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario  Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually  released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the  director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in  the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was  replaced by Leonardo Cortese.