The script of this film was written and prepared under Ernst Lubitsch, and he was the original director of this film. But he became ill during shooting, so Lubitsch hired Otto Preminger to do the rest of the shooting.
According to Book "Ernst Lubitsch and Samson Raphaelson: A Study in Collaboration," Ernst Lubitsch directed the rehearsals of this film.
Ernst Lubitsch worked with Edwin Justus Mayer in the scripting process. Edwin Justus Mayer worked with Lubitsch before in _"To Be or Not to Be" (1942)_.