At the Top of the Stairs
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At the Top of the Stairs is a 1983 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux
, and was directed by Paul Vecchiali
. It tells the story of a widow, who returns to a former house that had been hers 18 years after her husband was killed.
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux is a French actress and singer, who has appeared in more than 110 films since 1931. She is one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career is among the longest in film history....
, and was directed by Paul Vecchiali
Paul Vecchiali
Paul Vecchiali is a French author and filmmaker.-Biography:He spent his childhood in Toulon. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war....
. It tells the story of a widow, who returns to a former house that had been hers 18 years after her husband was killed.
Cast
- Danielle Darrieux as Fracoise Canavaggia
- Hélène Surgère as Suzanne
- Françoise LebrunFrançoise LebrunFrançoise Lebrun is a French actress. She has appeared in many movies, and is especially known for her role as Veronika in The Mother and the Whore . She also worked for, amongst others, Paul Vecchiali, Marguerite Duras and Lucas Belvaux, and is the subject of the documentary Françoise Lebrun, les...
as Michele - Gisèle PascalGisèle PascalGisèle Pascal was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes in France...
as Rose - Sonia Saviange as Catherine
- Christine Laurent as Christine
- Micheline PresleMicheline PresleMicheline Presle is a French actress also known in English language films as Micheline Prelle.Born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne in Paris, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of fifteen in the...
as Mathilde