Written by Arnold Fanck and Hans Schneeberger, the film is about a dancer who meets and falls in love with an engineer at his cottage in the mountains.

When the engineer sees her innocently comforting his friend, he mistakenly believes she is betraying him.

The film began production in January 1925, but then was delayed due to weather and hospitalization of three actors.

[2] Popular in Berlin, where sold-out performances extended its premiere run for five weeks, it was also screened in Britain, France and US: the first international success of its director.

The film was compared unfavourably with the much less costly Madame Wants No Children directed by Alexander Korda.