Pirandello, who is one of the greatest Italian writers and later won a Nobel Prize for literature, was asked to write the story by politicians who were very close to Benito Mussolini. He did not appreciate the movie because he thought it revolved too much around the factory's life than around the drama itself.
Marta Abba, the authoritarian Pirandello's lover, competed fiercely for the role of Gina, but she wasn't given the role.
While they were shooting the movie, an assistant director fled with two films.