[1] A French-language version Idylle au Caire was released, also featuring Müller.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig.

It was shot on location in Egypt at Giza and Cairo, with interior filming taking place at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.

In Cairo, American Tobby Blackwell is worried about the extravagant, pampered lifestyle of his mother Elinor, the widow of a wealthy magnate.

Fearful of causing a scandal, the two agree to a wedding as a marriage of convenience followed by a quick divorce.