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At the Top of the Stairs ()

En haut des marches (original title)
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Suzanne's husband was a collaborator during WW2 and he was denounced by his own family at the Liberation ,a family who took advantage of him during the occupation.

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Françoise Canavaggia
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Suzanne
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Michèle
Nicolas Silberg ...
Le commissaire
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Catherine
Denise Farchy ...
Madame Altiani
Max Naldini ...
Charles
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Le Nantais
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Rose (as Giselle Pascal)
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Mathilde
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Gisèle
Bénédict Beaugé
Paulette Bouvet
Jean-Claude Guiguet ...
Pierre-Henri
Béatrice Bruno
Jacques Gibert
Diane Maïzel ...
Un souvenir de jeunesse de Françoise
Marie-Geneviève Ripeau
Gérard Frot-Coutaz ...
Le serveur à l'exposition
Sylvie Chauvet
Christian Cloarec
Georgina Caspari
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Un snob à l'exposition
Danièle Gain ...
Une snob à l'exposition (as Danielle Gain)
Charles Level
Madame Albert
Charles Tible ...
Le planton
Eva Simonet ...
Gilberte
Mireille Audibert ...
Une Toulonnaise
Floriana Maudente ...
Thérèse
Christine Laurent ...
Christine
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Une Toulonnaise
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Paul Vecchiali ...
L'hôtelier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Paul Vecchiali

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Michel Delahaye ... (dialogue collaborator) &
Cécile Clairval ... (dialogue collaborator) and
Françoise Lebrun ... (dialogue collaborator) &
Gérard Frot-Coutaz ... (dialogue collaborator)
 
Paul Vecchiali ... (by)

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Roland Vincent

Cinematography by

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Georges Strouvé

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Franck Mathieu
Charles Tible
Paul Vecchiali

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Charles Tible ... assistant editor

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Bénédict Beaugé

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Nathalie Cercuel

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Ronaldo Abreu ... makeup artist
Patrick Archambault ... hair stylist

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Cécile Clairval ... production manager
Linda Gutenberg ... production manager
Valentina Torti ... trainee production manager

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Didier Albert ... first assistant director
Nicole Angel ... trainee assistant director
Chantal Arnaud ... second assistant director
Sylvie Chauvet ... trainee assistant director
Charles Tible ... second assistant director

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Caroline Willam ... painter

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Jean-Michel Chauvet ... sound
Jean-François Chevalier ... sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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Daniel Bernard ... key electrician
Guy Bodas ... grip
Michel Deslandes ... second assistant camera
Jean Gava ... electrician
Rémy Mercy ... key grip
Gérard Miquel ... key grip
Pierre Novion ... assistant camera
Dominique Quérou ... electrician
Alain Venisse ... still photographer

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Tony Rallo ... arrangements

Script and Continuity Department

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Liza Braconnier ... trainee script supervisor
Françoise Dousset ... script supervisor
Aline Lecomte ... script supervisor
Frédérique Moreau ... trainee script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Thomas Chevalier ... studio crew
Philippe Gauthier ... studio crew
Gilbert Guez ... press relations
William Massée ... studio crew
Yves Oppenheim ... studio crew
Raphaël Winter ... studio crew

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Jean Aurenche ... thanks
Élisabeth Boisseul ... thanks
André Chave ... thanks
Hélène Halgand ... thanks

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Plot Summary

Suzanne's husband was a collaborator during WW2 and he was denounced by his own family at the Liberation ,a family who took advantage of him during the dark days of the occupation. In 1963,the lady comes back to Toulon after years of exile ;then begins a long walk in space and time ,in which she remembers (no flashbacks,but De Gaulle's and Pétain's speeches ,a class where she used to be a schoolteacher and where she had to teach the "moral doctrine " of the Marechal..). Written by dbdumonteil

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Also Known As
  • At the Top of the Stairs (United States)
  • At the Top of the Stairs (World-wide, English title)
  • At the Top of the Stairs (United Kingdom)
  • No Alto das Escadas (Brazil)
  • U szczytu schodów (Poland)
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  • 92 min
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