Trivia

This film was banned by the Nazis after they came into power in Germany in 1933.

First sound film for director Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

This film has a 100% rating based on 11 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

Although the young Frenchwoman's name is given as "Yvette" in the credits, the student is heard to call her "Jacqueline" when he returns to the inn after delivering the message.

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #907.