Backstairs

Overview

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.

Cast

Henny Porten

The Maid

Fritz Kortner

The Postman

William Dieterle

The Lover

E

Eugene Dieterle

(Uncredited)

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