The short film Thais was directed by Louis Feuillade. It was produced and distributed by the Société des tablissements L. He had an interpreter, Luitz-Morat. The characters of the famous courtesan of Alexandria and the monk Pafnuzio are based on Thas, a novel by Anatole France that was published in Paris in 1890. The novel will be adapted for the screen in the United States in 1914.