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Backstairs

6.7

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Original title

Hintertreppe (Backstairs)

Year

1921

Running time

60 min.

Country

Germany

Director

Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni

Screenwriter

Carl Mayer

Cast

Cinematography

Willy Hameister, Karl Hasselmann (B&W)

Producer

Gloria-Film GmbH, Henny Porten

Genre

Drama | Silent Film. Half-length Film

Synopsis

A crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in the same building he does in one of the city's poor neighborhoods. She, however, is in love with a wealthy, handsome young man. Desperate to win her love, he begins to intercept love letters they send to each other and replaces them with his own messages, which each thinks is from the other. His plan seems to be succeeding, but then something happens that bring tragic results to them all.

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Backstairs

1921

Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni

6.7

(67)