[1] It also featured Judith Holzmeister, Bertl Schultes and Hilde von Stolz.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ludwig Reiber.

Location shooting took place in Mittenwald, Schwäbisch Hall and North Tyrol.

It is set during the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleon, about which Trenker had previously made another film The Rebel in 1932.

[2] To restore himself to favour, Trenker published his novel Captain Ladurner which was overtly pro-Nazi.