The movie was shot back-to-back with Der Berg ruft! (1938) with Luis Trenker as the only actor appearing in both versions. It was a British-German co-production made just one year before the war.
This film was included in the first syndicated television presentation of a package of major studio feature films on USA television; it premiered in St. Louis Sunday 15 August 1948 on KSD (Channel 5), followed by Detroit Sunday 5 September 1948 on WWJ (Channel 4), by Buffalo Sunday 12 September 1948 on WBEN (Channel 4), by Baltimore Friday 17 September 1948 on WMAR (Channel 2), by Philadelphia Saturday 25 September 1948 on WFIL (Channel 6), by New York City Friday 1 October 1948 on WPIX (Channel 11), by Boston Sunday 3 OCtober 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4), by Chicago Monday 11 October 1948 on WGN (Channel 9), by Los Angeles Sunday 24 October 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5), and by Atlanta Wednesday 1 December 1948 on WSB (Channel 8). The package consisted of 24 Alexander Korda productions originally released theatrically between 1933 and 1942.