[1] His first project, which he was both to write and to direct, was Le Carnaval des vérités, a symbolist drama about the struggle between Truth and Falsehood.
Filming took place on location on the Basque coast near Biarritz in November 1919 and subsequently at the Studios de La Villette in Paris.
Other parts were taken by the experienced Paul Capellani and two actors who would make regular appearances in L'Herbier's silent films, Marcelle Pradot and Jaque Catelain.
Great emphasis was placed on the visual design of the film, and one of the two set-designers was Claude Autant-Lara, then aged 18 and undertaking his first job in cinema.
[3] Comtesse Della Gentia and her lover Paul attempt to seduce and blackmail a rich neighbour Juan, who is in love with a naïve young friend of theirs, Clarisse.