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.

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Cast

Henny Porten

The Maid

Fritz Kortner

The Postman

William Dieterle

The Lover

Eugene Dieterle

(Uncredited)