Kiesler/Lamarr, who was not yet 20-years-old when the film was shot, later said that she had been duped into the nude scenes, making this a curious choice for Venice in the #MeToo era.

In 1931, aged 18, she appeared in notorious Czech film Ecstasy, which features scenes of her running and swimming in the nude, as well as having a close-up orgasm - a movie first.