Backstairs (1921)
Hintertreppe
In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his building. However, she is in love with a wealthy and handsome young man, who soon disappears. The mailman provides the maid with letters that get her hopes up... but tragedy will soon befall all three.
- Date of release
- 1921-12-11
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Paul Leni, Leopold Jessner
Casting
- Henny Porten — The Maid
- Fritz Kortner — The Postman
- William Dieterle — The Lover
- Eugene Dieterle — (Uncredited)
Interesting facts
Hintertreppe is a 1921 silent film. This was the first movie by German director Leopold Jessner, in cooperation with Paul Leni. Carl Mayer specifically wrote this for Leopold Jessner, who would go on to direct Erdgeist (1923). Hintertreppe was a precursor of the 1920s German kammerspielfilm style.
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