Hintertreppe

Hintertreppe
Directed byLeopold Jessner and Paul Leni
Written byCarl Mayer
Produced byHans Lippman and Henny Porten
CinematographyWilly Hameister and Karl Hasselmann
Production
company
Gloria-Film
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 1921 (1921)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryGermany

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.