The last year of life of the Italian-French painter 嗄medeo Modigliani (①⑧⑧④-①⑨②0) who died with ③⑥ years, was played by Gérard Philipe, who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died shortly after its release, ①⑨⑤⑨, with ③⑥ years - on one of the two diseases that Modigliano had himself and exactly in his age. Further, this movie was directed by Jacques Becker - after the sudden death of Max Ophüls. Becker, too, died only ② years after this movie.