Thiscrimedramaiscomposedofthreeactsofapproximate10minutedurationeachThestoryitself,showninalongflashbackstyle,leadsusintotheoverallreconstructionofthecrime,madebyamysteriouslymaskedcharacter
Thefilmwasreleased28August1916inFinlandAfragmentaryprintwasrecoveredin2001bytheCinémathèqueFrançaise;in2002thefragmentswerepreserved,withSwedishintertitlesandsupplementedwithproductionphotographs,bytheSvenskaFilminstituetin2002
WritingaboutVictorSjöströmandquotedbyCharlottedeSilvafortheEmbassyofSwedeninLondon,JonWengströmoftheSwedishFilmInstitutewrites,"ThepictorialcompositionsinHavsgamar/SeaVultures1916andthecomplexnarrativestructureintherecentlyrediscoveredDodskyssen/KissofDeath1916showadirectorinfullcommandofthemedium
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