The film was the co-winner of the Prix Désiré, awarded for the first and only time in 1944. The other co-winner was Children of Paradise (1945).
Micheline Francey's character in this film is also named Micheline.
Remade as Les Choristes (2004) in which Jean-Baptiste Maunier stood out as a soloist in a well assembled choir of which the soundtrack album is still popular.
This film's earliest documented USA telecast took place in Cincinnati Sunday 9 October 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11).
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By what name was A Cage of Nightingales (1945) officially released in Canada in English?
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