It is based on Cuvillier's 1909 French operetta of the same name, with words by André Barde and Michel Carré.
Menchen produced and co-directed (with Michel Carré) The Miracle (1912 film), an early full-length, hand-coloured, black-and-white British feature film.
Michel Foucault | John le Carré | Jean Michel Jarre | Michel Gondry | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Michel Legrand | Michel de Montaigne | Michel Houellebecq | Michel Platini | Michel Plasson | Michel Ney | Mont Saint-Michel | Michel Tournier | Michel Portal | Michel Rocard | Michel Fokine | Michel Deville | Michel Butor | Michel Berger | Jean-Michel Dubernard | Michel Rolland | Michel Polnareff | Michel Maffesoli | Michel Drucker | Michel Roux | Michel Piccoli | Michel Boyibanda | Michel Bastarache | Michel | Robert H. Michel |
It was made into a full-colour feature film with the same name by Joseph Menchen and Michel Carré with some of the original named cast, which premièred at Covent Garden with a continuous symphonic score by Engelbert Humperdinck on 21 December 1912.