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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.
Nov 4, 2022 · Directed by Paul Leni, Leopold Jessner. 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.
Hintertreppe: Directed by Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni. With Henny Porten, Fritz Kortner, William Dieterle, Eugene Dieterle. 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.
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- Drama
- Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni
- 1922-02-04
Almost challenging himself to create a sympathetic character from a man who can’t stop smiling in The Man Who Laughs, the German director first joined forces with Leopold Jester on Hintertreppe (aka Backstairs), a deceptively complex film about a love triangle where the stairs are an allegory for sacrifices we make for others.
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- Henny Porten Filmproduktion, Gloria Film
- Paul Leni, Leopold Jessner
Leopold Jessner (3 March 1878 – 13 December 1945) was a noted producer and director of German Expressionist theater and cinema. His first film, Hintertreppe (1921), is considered a major turning point which paved the way for the later German Expressionist experiments of German filmmakers F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, and G.W. Pabst .
After having staged “Wilhelm Tell”, “Marquis von Keith” and “Richard III” in Berlin, all starring Kortner, Leopold Jessner has been considered the principal exponent of expressionist theatre. Their collaboration was continued in his first film, HINTERTREPPE .
Jul 2, 2021 · Piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne ( Die Hintertreppe) Avantgarde, animation and more short films. 1921 is the first year in our series A Hundred Years Ago in which films of the classical avant-garde comprise part of our selection.
