The Staircase | |
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Written by | Ralph Lothar |
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Cinematography | Georg Bruckbauer |
Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
Music by | Herbert Trantow |
Production company | Skala Film |
Distributed by | Norddeutscher Filmverleih |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
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.
The film portrays the lives of the inhabitants of the four floors of a tenement building, connected by the staircase.