Cinémathèque Française
For many years the film was missing, until a 35 mm print was located at the Cinémathèque Française in 1968. In 1973, at a lecture given at George Eastman House, Cinémathèque Française director Henri Langlois said the delay in finding the print of "The Unknown" was because they had hundreds of film cans marked "l'inconnu" (French for "unknown") in their collection. Several early scenes are still missing, but these do not seriously affect the story continuity.