sentences:  The screenplay was written by Gerhard Menzel and was based on his own novel of the same title.It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with sets designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig.It was the first movie to win the state prize, and Goebbels praised it as among those films that, while they did not explicitly cite National Socialist principles, nevertheless embodied its spirit, a new film reflecting the ideal of their national revolution.