At the Top of the Stairs (1983): Cast
At the Top of the Stairs is a 1983 drama directed by Paul Vecchiali, starring Françoise Lebrun as Michèle, Micheline Presle and Danielle Darrieux. It runs 1 hour 32 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 32m (92 min)
- Director
- Paul Vecchiali
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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French - Studio
- Diagonale
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is At the Top of the Stairs About?
The premise of At the Top of the Stairs without spoilers.
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.
At the Top of the Stairs Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- first person narration
- title appears in song
- south of france
- 1960s
- reference to the french algerian war
- police arrest
- confession of a crime
- female painter
- toulon france
- reference to world war two
- widow
- back in hometown
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- reference to jacques demy
- port
- woman in prison
- past catching up
- schoolteacher
- post world war two france
- aerial bombing
- confronting the past
- painting
- archive audio
- reference to charles de gaulle
- collaboration with nazis
- reference to adolf hitler
- archive sound
- denunciation
- reliving the past
- nonlinear timeline
- multiple time frames
- character singing
- sister sister relationship
- revenge seeker
- corsican
- art exhibit
- family feud
- different periods of time in one scene
- husband wife relationship
- memory
- family relationships
- husband
- melodrama
- ageing mother
- cult actress
- female protagonist
- blue dress
- toulon
- past
- vengeance
- woman from the past
At the Top of the Stairs Cast & Characters
Françoise Lebrun leads the cast as Michèle, with Micheline Presle as Mathilde and Danielle Darrieux as Françoise Canavaggia. Directed by Paul Vecchiali; 11 actors are credited in all.
- Director Paul Vecchiali
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Françoise Lebrun as Michèle - Micheline Presle as Mathilde
- Danielle Darrieux as Françoise Canavaggia
- Michel Delahaye as Le Nantais
Also Starring in At the Top of the Stairs
· 7 more- Hélène Surgère Suzanne
- Myriam Mézières Gisèle
- Nicolas Silberg Le comissaire
- Sonia Saviange Rose
- Jean-Claude Guiguet Pierre-Henri
- Gisèle Pascal Rose
- Denise Farchy Madame Altiani
More from Paul Vecchiali
More films directed by Paul Vecchiali: The Strangler (1970), The Seven Deserters Or The Never Ending War, Et + si @ff and The Tears of AIDS.
At the Top of the Stairs Also Known As
Also known as “阶梯之上”.
- Also known as
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- 阶梯之上
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At the Top of the Stairs FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of At the Top of the Stairs, each answered in a sentence.
How long is At the Top of the Stairs?
At the Top of the Stairs runs 1 hour 32 minutes (92 minutes).
When was At the Top of the Stairs released?
At the Top of the Stairs was released on October 12, 1983.
Who directed At the Top of the Stairs?
At the Top of the Stairs was directed by Paul Vecchiali.
More films by Paul Vecchiali Who is in the cast of At the Top of the Stairs?
At the Top of the Stairs stars Françoise Lebrun as Michèle, Micheline Presle as Mathilde and Danielle Darrieux as Françoise Canavaggia, among 11 credited actors.
Does At the Top of the Stairs have a post-credit scene?
No. At the Top of the Stairs has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is At the Top of the Stairs in?
The original language of At the Top of the Stairs is French.
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