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The film later created controversy with the release of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, which bore some similarities to this film, such as the conveyor belt gags.

In the end, instead of going to court, they reached a settlement, but the whole controversy took around a decade.

Chaplin maintained that he had never seen the film, as did everyone else at the studio.

René Clair himself was never a part of the case and was actually quite embarrassed by it, since he had great admiration for Chaplin and had always maintained that they were all in debt to him, and any inspiration Chaplin might have gotten from his film would be an honor for him.

A speculation over this case was that it was a conspiracy from Nazi Germany to discredit Chaplin ; À Nous la Libertés production company,, was German.

It is notable that the out-of-court settlement was reached only after the end of World War II.