Hintertreppe (1921)






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.


Books with substantial mentioning of Hintertreppe

Hans Helmut Prinzler
Licht und Schatten, Die grossen Stumm- und Tonfilme der Weimarer Republik
München; Berlin, 2012

Laurence Kardish
Weimar cinema, 1919-1933, Daydreams and nightmares
New York, NY, 2010

Günther Dahlke
Deutsche Spielfilme von dem Anfängen bis 1933, Ein Filmführer
Berlin, 1988

Uta Berg-Ganschow (herausgeber)
Berlin. Aussen und innen, 53 Filme aus 90 Jahren
Berlin, 1984

Hintertreppe
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Year: 1921
Country: Germany
 
IMDb: 0012281