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Backstairs (1921)

50m

Running Time

December 11, 1921
Release Date

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Backstairs (1921)

Name: Backstairs
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1921-12-11

50m

Running Time

December 11, 1921
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Henny Porten

Das Dienstmädchen / Producer

Fritz Kortner

Der Postbote

William Dieterle

Der Handwerker

Eugene Dieterle

Leopold Jessner

Director

Paul Leni

Director / Art Direction

Carl Mayer

Writer

Willy Hameister

Director of Photography

Hans Landsberger

Original Music Composer

Hanns Lippmann

Producer

Karl Hasselmann

Director of Photography

Karl Görge

Art Direction

Wilhelm von Kaufmann

Production Manager

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 11, 1921

Original Name
Hintertreppe

Status
Released

Running Time
50m

Genres
Drama Mystery Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

Hintertreppe (English: Backstairs) 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.