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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.
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
4 de nov. de 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.
Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi; 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making Hintertreppe (1921) and Waxworks (1924) in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Chinese Parrot (1927), The Man Who Laughs (1928), and The Last Warning (1928) in the United States.
Hintertreppe ist ein dem Expressionismus verhafteter Kammerspielfilm. Dafür stehen die bildfüllenden Bauten von Paul Leni und Karl Görge (insbesondere die schmal gehaltene, verwinkelte Hintertreppe und die hochaufragenden, kaum lichteinlassenden Hausfronten), mehr aber noch das bühnenexpressionistische Spiel von Fritz Kortner ...
Hintertreppe (1921) se inscribe en el Kammerspielfilm, o sea, “cine de cámara”, centrado en dramas domésticos, desarrollados en espacios modestos y reducidos. Con guion de Mayer, fue dirigida por Leopold Jessner y Paul Leni.
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 .
