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Music director
  
Hans Landsberger

Writer
  
Carl Mayer

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Genre
  
Drama

Running time
  
50 minutes

Screenplay
  
Carl Mayer

Country
  
Germany

Hintertreppe movie poster

Director
  
Leopold Jessner/Paul Leni

Release date
  
1921 (1921)

Directors
  
Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni

Cast
  
Henny Porten
(Das Dienstmädchen),
Fritz Kortner
(Der Postbote),
William Dieterle
(Der Handwerker)

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Carl Mayer wrote the screenplay for Backstairs and Shattered

Hintertreppe (English: Backstairs) was a 1921 silent film. This was the first movie by German director Leopold Jessner, in cooperation with Paul Leni. Hintertreppe was a precursor of the 1920s German kammerspielfilm style.

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Plot

A crippled postman (Fritz Kortner) adores a woman (Henny Porten), who is in love with another man (William Dieterle), leading the postman to try to destroy the relationship by murdering the woman's love interest.

Production staff

  • Produced by: Hanns Lippman and Henny Porten
  • Original Music by: Hans Landsberger
  • Cinematography: Willy Hameister and Karl Hasselmann
  • Art Direction: Karl Gorge and Paul Leni
  • Production Management: Wilhelm von Kaufmann

    • References

    Hintertreppe Wikipedia
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    Hintertreppe IMDb Hintertreppe themoviedb.org


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