The working title for this picture was L’Occident, after the 1913 play by Henry Kistemaeckers upon which it was based. The 19 May 1918 New-York Tribune announced that Screen Classics, Inc. had acquired screen rights to the play for lead actress Nazimova. The play was translated by Nazimova’s sister, Nina Lewton, and adapted for the screen by June Mathis and Albert Capellani. Nazimova’s then husband, Charles Bryant, was cast opposite her in the role of “Captain de Cadiere.” Principal photography began under Capellani’s direction on 10 June 1918, as reported in the 22 June 1918 Moving Picture World, which included Richard Barthelmess in a list of cast members. (Barthelmess did not appear in the role in which he was cast, “Ensign Arnauld,” ultimately played by Donald Gallaher.) French technical director Henri Menessier created “art drawings of sets and scenery” that were to be executed by E. J. Shulter. Shooting took place in New York City, as noted in the 24 August 1918, which also stated that some scenes were filmed aboard a French cruiser, loaned to the production by “representatives of the French government and the ship’s officers.”
       A title change to Eye for Eye was announced in the 14 September 1918 Moving Picture World. Nazimova was said to have chosen the name from a list of fifty options. The actress explained her choice by stating, “It exactly expresses the meaning of the play…Kistemaeckers wanted to bring out in his great drama the vital difference between the standards of the Eastern and the Western worlds—the Orient and the Occident…‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth’ is the rule throughout the Orient. It is the Mussulman’s creed.”
       This film was shown at a pre-release trade screening in New York on 18 November 1918. It opened in Milwaukee, WI, on 24 November 1918, and in New York on 22 December 1918.
       According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.