It was based on the 1909 Spanish novel Sangre y arena (Blood and Sand) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and the play version of the book by Thomas Cushing.
Film tersebut berdasarkan pada novel Spanyol tahun 1909 Sangre y arena (Blood and Sand) karya Vicente Blasco Ibáñez dan versi drama dari buku tersebut karya Thomas Cushing.