The film was edited by the production company from 90 minutes to 60 after the original cut was deemed un-releasable. The ecsized 30 minutes of footage has not come to light and the content of the cut scenes are presently (2015), unknown; no script or other plot descriptions of the original version have been located.
Director Jean Grémillon disavowed the released version, which included only 1400 meter of the originally filmed 2700 meter