[2] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with sets designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig.

[3] A separate French-language version At the End of the World was also produced, with Käthe von Nagy appearing alongside a different cast.

[2] The refugees are rescued by a heroic German leader much like the Führer; the symbolism is obviously intended to emulate Adolf Hitler.

[6] Their Communist persecutors are portrayed simply as brutal murderers, typical of works prior to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (and again after its breach).

The cinematography was done by Fritz Arno Wagner and the soundtrack was composed by Herbert Windt and Ernst Erich Buder.