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A young woman's love is thwarted by a postman who intercepts her beloved's letters to her and who finally slays him. She, devastated, hurls herself from a building and kills herself.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Hintertreppe.
Corporate Author: Facets Multimedia (Chicago, Ill.)
Other Authors: Jessner, Leopold, 1878-1945, Mayer, Carl, 1894-1944, Porten, Henny, 1890-1960, Kortner, Fritz, Dieterle, William, 1893-1972
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Language Notes:Silent film with English intertitles.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Suicide > Drama.
Letter carriers > Drama.
Silent films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A young woman's love is thwarted by a postman who intercepts her beloved's letters to her and who finally slays him. She, devastated, hurls herself from a building and kills herself.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1921.
A foreign film (Germany).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (40 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Settings, Paul Leni.