The film is based on the 1910 novel
At the Villa Rose by
A.E.W. Mason. A separate English-language version
At the Villa Rose was made by
Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by
James A. Carter. Different sources disagree over where the French-language version was actually made, with one claim that it was produced at Twickenham as the first
bilingual film in Britain. Alternatively it is suggested that it was made at the newly established
Courbevoie Studios in
Paris, in which case it could lay a claim to be one of the earliest French
sound films. Britain had converted to sound faster than France so several French filmmakers went to British studios to make films for release in France. Another French-language version of a Mason novel
La Maison de la Fléche, was also shot at Twickenham during the period. ==Cast==