The Trumpeter von Säckingen was created in 1917 in the Berlin Eiko Film Studio in Berlin-Marienfelde and on the Rhine near Säckingen , passed the film censorship at the end of the same year and was premiered in January 1918. The film length was 1895 meters in the first version and 1772 meters in the second, divided into five or six acts. The film was also released for young people.