However, other reviews were positive. "Variety" called it one of Lubitsch's "best productions in number of years ... a solid piece of entertainment." "Harrison's Reports" called it "An absorbing comedy-drama of war time, expertly directed and acted. The action holds one in tense suspense at all times, and comedy of dialogue as well as of acting keeps one laughing almost constantly." John Mosher of "The New Yorker" also praised the film, writing, "That comedy could be planted in Warsaw at the time of its fall, of its conquest by the Nazis, and not seem too incongruous to be endured is a Lubistch triumph."