Backstairs (1921)
50m
Running Time
December 11, 1921Release Date
Backstairs (1921)
50m
Running Time
December 11, 1921Release 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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Details.
Release DateDecember 11, 1921
Original NameHintertreppe
StatusReleased
Running Time50m
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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.