Erich von Stroheim was offered directorship of this film, but declined after having had a negative experience working under Irving Thalberg on The Merry Widow (1925). Stroheim went to Paramount to direct and star in The Wedding March (1928).
The onscreen credit source is "from the book Karl Heinrich," but no author is listed. The writer, Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, is therefore considered uncredited.
Leading actress Norma Shearer married MGM executive Irving Thalberg on September 29, 1927--just a week after this film had its premiere. They had been dating for four years prior to getting married.
When Kathi shows Karl Heinrich the photo of her fiancé, his name is given at the bottom of the picture as "Alois Hubert," a reference to the film's costume designer Ali Hubert.
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