The last scene of the movie, the signing of the foundation of the German Empire in Versailles 1871, is a recreation of the painting "Die Proklamierung des Deutschen Kaiserreiches (18. Januar 1871)" (The proclamation of the German Empire (18th January 1871)) by Anton von Werner from the same year.
A print of the film scheduled for US opening arrived in New York in the spring of 1941.Though the US was not yet at war with Germany, the federal customs seized the film on the grounds of a tariff violation and it did not play.
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