Ka cika wannan magana: "An tuna da "Ka'idojin Wasan" a matsayin sharhi game da halin kirki na masu daraja na Turai da bayinsu kafin farkon yakin duniya na biyu. Yayin yin fim din, Renoir ya san cewa sabon yakin duniya yana zuwa; daga baya ya ce akwai ma'anar shi a fim, kuma ya rubuta "fim ne na yaƙi kuma duk da haka babu wata magana game da yaƙin". Wannan tunanin na bala'i ya fara ne kafin a fara harbi a watan Janairu lokacin da Barcelona ta fadi a hannun Franco kuma a duk lokacin da aka samar da Firayim Ministan Faransa Édouard Daladier ya amince da Francoist Spain,
Italiya ta haɗu da Albania kuma Adolf Hitler ya shirya mamayar Poland. Renoir ya bayyana wannan batun da ba a ambata ba na fim ɗin ta hanyar cewa: