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The Staircase (1950 film)

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The Staircase
Directed by
Written byRalph Lothar
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeorg Bruckbauer
Edited byWalter Wischniewsky
Music byHerbert Trantow
Production
company
Skala Film
Distributed byNorddeutscher Filmverleih
Release date
  • 14 September 1950 (1950-09-14)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Staircase (German: Die Treppe) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and (uncredited) Wolfgang Staudte, and starring Hilde Körber, Herbert Stass and Paul Westermeier.[1] It was partly shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat.

Synopsis

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The film portrays the lives of the inhabitants of the four floors of a tenement building, connected by the staircase.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 315

Bibliography

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  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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