This is a German/French co-production adapted from a D.H. Lawrence novella called The Fox. The story of the film is essentially Lawrence’s, and the film retained the World War One time frame, but changed the locale. The original was set in Berkshire, England. This version was set in Alsace, an area which both France and Germany have controlled at various times in the past three or four centuries. Those two countries fought WW1 battles there, so the change of locales really brought the war into focus.
