Frontstairs-Backstairs (Vordertreppe-Hintertreppe/U.S.: Vertigo). Anofficer courts the young cleaning lady of his apartment building, knowing thatshe has won a big take in the lottery, and tries in vain to turn her into a womanof the world. "Between the acting power of Nielsen and the mastery ofmise-en-scène of Gad, a style completely appropriate and self-sustainingemerged. For example, Vordertreppe-Hintertreppe, in particular through thetechnique of lighting and stylized decor, shows the contribution of theirrelationship to the development of a type of worldly drama which foreshadowedwhat would be seen much later as 'Lubitsch's touch.'" (M. S. Fonseca,International Dictionary of Films & Filmmakers) Urban Gad (Germany, 1914).Photographed by Axel Graatkjaer, Karl Freund. With AstaNielsen, Paul Otto, Fred Immler. (incomplete, 35mm)White Roses (Weisse Rosen). This love story doubles as a film policier,as the key to a lady's jewelry box disappears, then becomes the key to hermarriage prospects as well.