 One of the assistant directors on this film (and others by Feyder) was Marcel Carné, some of whose later films ("Le Quai des brumes", "Le jour se lève") would create a similar mood of romantic fatalism (and poetic realism).On its release in France, the film enjoyed considerable success, and was rated one of the best French films of 1934 by both the public and the press.In addition to its superior production values, there was much interest in the technical device of the double role with a dubbed voice.