Throughout the 1960s, Resnais was attached to direct an international production called "The Adventures of Harry Dickson", to be produced by Anatole Dauman. The project was intended to star either Dirk Bogarde or Laurence Olivier as the titular detective, with André Delvaux attached as the production designer, and the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen attached for the score. Resnais and Dauman worked towards the project for a decade before finally giving up. A 2008 French non-fiction book documents the production team's struggles to adapt the project.