Original literary source : "Kamir, Roman d'une femme arabe", novel by Ferdinand Ducêne, Albin Michel publishers, Paris, 1926.
A thorough study of the film can be read in Cloé Drieu's book "Fictions Nationales, Empire et Nation en Ouzbékistan", Editions Karthala, Paris, 2013, pgs. 103, 116-117, 120, 384, ISBN: 978-2-8111-0860-1.
A clip of this film featuring Ra Messerer is included in "Maia", a documentary by Dominique Delouche (2000), centering on the famous ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, Ra Messerer's daughter.