sentences:  In June 1920, L'Herbier took a large crew to Brittany for location shooting around the coasts of Morbihan and Finistère, where he sought the wild landscapes which would establish the story's moral contrast between the pure grandeur of the sea and the corrupt temptations of the town.For the first time he had an "assistant director", a young man called Raymond Payelle who would soon take the professional name of Philippe Hériat.Also in his team as a set-designer was Claude Autant-Lara, and both he and Hériat also played small parts in the film.