John Gilbert loathed the film and begged for it not to be released. His wishes were not granted.
Instead the film was shelved and was released after His Glorious Night (1929), which had been filmed after "Redemption" was already finished.
Filmed in early 1929, but not released until mid-1930. The delay between production and release was due to extensive post-production editing.
The original Broadway production of "Redemption" by Arthur Hopkins based on the Lev Tolstoy novel opened at the Plymouth Theater on October 3, 1918 and ran for 204 performances.
According to a contemporary article in Film Daily, a silent version was filmed before the sound version - as when this film was produced in 1929, not all theaters had installed sound equipment yet.