 "L'Inhumaine" is notable for its experimental techniques and for the collaboration of many leading practitioners in the decorative arts, architecture and music.The film caused controversy on its release.In 1923, while seeking to recover his health after a bout of typhoid, and his fortunes following the collapse of his film adaptation of "Résurrection", Marcel L'Herbier received a proposal from his old friend the opera singer Georgette Leblanc to make a film in which she would star and for which she would secure partial funding from American financiers.