 The film was started in 1939 but stopped when war broke out. The  production only resumed on 10 January 1944 with a complete different  cast and crew. The original cast consisted of: André Luguet (qv),  François Périer (qv), Annie Vernay (qv),  Conchita Montenegro (qv), François Richard (qv) and  Jacques Janvier (qv). The original crew had René Gaveau (qv) as  the cinematographer and Marcel Lattès (qv) (who died in a  concentration camp) as the composer.