Koch later claimed it was the tension between his own approach and Curtiz's which accounted for this: "Surprisingly, these disparate approaches somehow meshed, and perhaps it was partly this tug of war between Curtiz and me that gave the film a certain balance."
Koch je kasnije tvrdio kako je bilo tenzija između njegova vlastitog pristupa i onog Curtizova što se odnosilo na sljedeće: "Iznenađujuće, ovi su se nesuglasni pristupi nekako slagali, a možda su djelomično te trzavice između Curtiza i mene dale filmu određenu ravnotežu."