The family name of the German family whose son was killed is Holderlin, the name of the greatest Romantic idealist poet of Germany.
Though the first shot of Walter's mother is of her hand only, it is clear who it is because it is the right hand of an elderly woman, with a wedding ring on the fourth finger. In Austria and Germany the wedding ring is worn on the right hand.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in Seattle Tuesday 14 April 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7) and in Minneapolis Thursday 21 May 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11) as their "Morning Spectacular". It was released on DVD 24 November 2015 as part of the Universal Vault Series.
Kate MacKenna's debut.
The leading character was to be Lubitsch's old mate in Germany Emil Jannings, instead the studio cast Lionel Barrymore.
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