Based on a 1958 novel by Johannes Mario Simmel, the film follows a complex narrative structure:
The story is told through the eyes of Antoine Holden (Walter Giller), a former prisoner hired as a chauffeur for the mysterious and corrupt financier, Berrera. L'affaire Nina B.(1961)
The production was a Franco-German collaboration, shot at Billancourt Studios in Paris and Bavaria Studios in Munich. Plot and Themes Based on a 1958 novel by Johannes Mario
The plot centers on blackmail and Nazi hunting, which some film historians argue helped pave the way for the popular spy-themed cinema of the 1960s. L'affaire Nina B.(1961)