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Backstairs

6.2192150mMovieMysteryDramaThriller

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.

DirectorsLeopold Jessner·Paul Leni
WriterCarl Mayer
ProducersHanns Lippmann·Henny Porten

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Cast · Directed by Leopold Jessner

HPHenny Porten
Henny Porten
The Maid
FKFritz Kortner
Fritz Kortner
The Postman
WDWilliam Dieterle
William Dieterle
The Lover
ED
Eugene Dieterle
(Uncredited)

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Is Backstairs on Netflix?

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Backstairs hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 29, 1922. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.