Original literary source : "Le cavalier de Riouclare", novel by Claude Boncompain, René Julliard Publisher, Paris, 1943, 228p.
French censorship visa #53.
Filming started at the end of a very cold winter in the Cévennes and resumed only at the rue François 1er Studio in November 1944.
Award nomination : Nomination au Prix Sorciers et Sorcières au Festival du Cinéma Fantastique (France, 2012).