The movie is something of a one-man show: Guitry adapted the screenplay from his own novel, and fills the film with his mordant voice-over.

The peculiarity of the narrative is that it forgoes dialogue in favour of a non-stop commentary by the author... it's quite unique, with the hero's ruthlessness paralleled by Guitry's own in never letting anyone else get a look in.

A witty, impudent, morally subversive show which every one should see for his own content and out of sheer curiosity about the kind of fellow who is not satisfied with writing, directing and starring in a picture, but must play seven [roles] as well.

One of Sacha Guitry's most enjoyably ephemeral souffls.