The Stairs Without End
{{short description|1943 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Stairs Without End
| image = The Stairs Without End.jpg
| caption =
| director = Georges Lacombe
| producer = Joseph Grohando
| writer = Charles Spaak
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Pierre Fresnay|Madeleine Renaud|Suzy Carrier}}
| music = Jean Alfaro ys
| cinematography = Christian Matras
| editing = Raymond Lamy
| studio = Les Productions Miramar
| distributor = Ciné Sélection
| released = {{Film date|1943|08|25|df=yes}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Stairs Without End (French: L'escalier sans fin) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Renaud and Suzy Carrier.Aitken p.754
The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Pierre Fresnay as Pierre
- Madeleine Renaud as Émilienne Périer
- Suzy Carrier as Anne Périer
- Raymond Bussières as Fred
- Colette Darfeuil as Florence
- Fernand Fabre as Stéphane
- France Ellys as Madame Boutron
- Ginette Baudin as Germaine
- Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Bizet
- Jane Maguenat as Madame Le Verrier
- Madeleine Suffel as La concierge
- Jean-Jacques Delbo as Albert
- René Alié as Marco
- Marcel Carpentier as Noblet
- Marcel Pérès as Monsieur Le Verrier
- Odette Barencey as Madame Dubois
- Paul Barge as Brissard
- Henri Bargin
- Michel de Bonnay as Bouboule
- Ellen Briand as Madame Clovis
- Etienne Decroux as Le colonial
- Henry Farty
- Claude Gambier as Raoul
- Georges Gosset as Marcel
- Marie Guilhène
- Marc Hélin as Le régisseur
- Jacqueline Lerinat as Une écuyère
- Palmyre Levasseur as Madame Masson
- Albert Malbert as Masson
- Héléna Manson as Mademoiselle Michaud
- Luis Mariano as Le chanteur
- Frédéric Mariotti
- Nicole Maurel as Suzanne
- Colette Morel
- Julienne Paroli as Madame Pinchard
- Jane Pierson as La fleuriste
- François Richard as Le client de Fred
- Maurice Salabert as Le patron de 'La Fauvette'
- Jean Vincent as Charles
- Roger Vincent as Delormel
}}
References
Bibliography
- Aitken, Ian. The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge, 2013.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0169869}}
{{Georges Lacombe}}
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Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Georges Lacombe
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak
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