It is based on a 1932 novel Schmerzliches Arkadien by Peter von Mendelssohn.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at Hohenschwangau Castle and at Schloss Fuschl in Salzburg.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Willy Schatz.

Marcel Ophüls was the assistant director on the production.

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