 Sables was one of a series made by French filmmakers at this time Toussaint's Inch’Allah, Luitz-Morat's Le sang d’Allah (Allah's blood) and Hugon's Yasima

Sables fits into this pattern with a melodramatic plot that uses the Tunisian desert as its background adding mystery and the unknown.The cast included the director's wife at the time Nadia Sibirskaïa who played a similar role for him in "Menilmontant".The cinematographer was Roger Hubert in what was his third feature, subsequently lighting "Les Visiteurs du Soir" and "Les Enfants du Paradis".