Backstairs (1921)

Name: Backstairs
Director: Paul Leni
Released: 1921-12-11
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Henny Porten, Fritz Kortner, William Dieterle, Eugene Dieterle

MysteryDramaThriller

50 min

Plot Summary

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. The mailman provides the maid with letters that get her hopes up... but tragedy will soon befall all three.