At the Top of the Stairs

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At the Top of the Stairs
1983 En haut des marches.jpg
Directed by Paul Vecchiali
Written byPaul Vecchiali
additional dialogue:
Cécile Clairval
Gérard Frot-Coutaz
Françoise Lebrun
CinematographyGeorges Strouvé
Edited byPaul Vecchiali
Franck Mathieu
Charles Tible
Music byRoland Vincent
Production
company
Diagonale
Release date
  • 12 October 1983 (1983-10-12)
Running time
92 min
CountryFrance / Switzerland
LanguageFrench

At the Top of the Stairs (French : En haut des marches) 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.

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