Hintertreppe

Hintertreppe
Directed by Leopold Jessner/Paul Leni
Produced by Hans Lippman/Henny Porten
Written by Carl Mayer
Cinematography Willy Hameister and Karl Hasselmann
Release dates
  • 1921 (1921)
Country Germany

Hintertreppe (German: Backstairs) was a 1921 silent film.[1] This was the first movie by German director Leopold Jessner, in cooperation with Paul Leni. The film was later criticized for overemphatic acting and contrived poses.[2] Hintertreppe was a precursor of the 1920s German kammerspielfilm style.[3]

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.[4]

Production staff

References

  1. Staff (2004). The Scarecrow Movie Guide. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. p. 921. ISBN 1-57061-415-6.
  2. Petrie, Graham (2002), Hollywood destinies: European directors in America, 1922-1931, Contemporary film and television series (2nd ed.), Wayne State University Press, p. 185, ISBN 0-8143-2958-6
  3. Eisner, Lotte H. (2008), The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt (2nd ed.), University of California Press, p. 177, ISBN 0-520-25790-1
  4. IMDB entry

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