
Thiscrimedramaiscomposedofthreeactsofapproximate10-minutedurationeach.Thestoryitself,showninalongflashbackstyle,leadsusintotheoverallreconstructionofthecrime,madebyamysteriouslymaskedcharacter.<br/> Thefilmwasreleased28August1916inFinland.Afragmentaryprintwasrecoveredin2001bytheCinémathèqueFrançaise;in2002thefragmentswerepreserved,withSwedishintertitlesandsupplementedwithproductionphotographs,bytheSvenskaFilminstituetin2002.<br/> WritingaboutVictorSjöströmandquotedbyCharlottedeSilvafortheEmbassyofSwedeninLondon,JonWengströmoftheSwedishFilmInstitutewrites,"ThepictorialcompositionsinHavsgamar/SeaVultures(1916)andthecomplexnarrativestructureintherecentlyrediscoveredDodskyssen/KissofDeath(1916)showadirectorinfullcommandofthemedium.


