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