We may never know how the 25-year-old Michal Waszynski, who at that time had made only one film, found himself entrusted with the direction of this apparently ambitious Austrian-Polish co-production, shot in Vienna and Budapest. He reveals a fine talent, even if he might be reproved for taking seriously a story that is close to ridiculous. The film received a prize at the Nice Festival of 1930. Generally forgotten in the filmography of Victor Varconi, it has principally been remembered as the first Polish sound film. It was accompanied by a score by Szymon Laks, recorded on disc in Paris and synchronized by the Survox system. This copy, acquired from an ambulant dealer in Petit Rechain, Belgium, has exceptionally retained its complete head-titles, which yield precious information both on the film itself and on its exploitation in Belgium. The copy was duped in 1985.

Jean Marie Buchet, Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique