[1] It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris with location shooting at the Château d'Anjony in Tournemire.

It was part of a group of films produced in German-occupied France that used fantasy or historical costume settings to subtly express dissent.

[2] The Malveneur family live at the same gloomy, isolated castle in the countryside they have held for centuries.

The current owner Reginald de Malveneur strongly believes in an ancient curse that turned one of his ancestors into a werewolf.

When both Malveneur, his gamekeeper and his wife disappear or die within weeks of each other, the governess join forces with a young painter to investigate the mystery.