This was the one of the first appearances of Pierre Fresnay in a small role. Sir Alec Guinness later said that Pierre Fresnay had been his model in matters of acting and thought that he had been the greatest actor of his days.
Shown in two parts: #1: Le calvaire d'une innocente; #2: Amour rédemptour.
André Hugon required 4 swans, 2 black and 2 white ones for a scene and when his production unit manager Lucien Pinoteau was turned down by every zoo in town, he ended up on a pond capturing the birds himself.
Ginette Maddie's debut.