''The Stairs Without End'' (French: ''L'escalier sans fin'') is a 1943 French
drama film
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directed by
Georges Lacombe and starring
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor.
Biography
Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company a ...
,
Madeleine Renaud
Lucie Madeleine Renaud (; 21 February 1900 – 23 September 1994) was a French actress best remembered for her work in the theatre. She did though appear in several films directed by Jean Grémillon including '' Remorques'' (''Stormy Waters' ...
and
Suzy Carrier
Suzy Carrier (1922–1999) was a French film actress.Mitchell p.117
Selected filmography
* ''The Stairs Without End
''The Stairs Without End'' (French: ''L'escalier sans fin'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starri ...
.
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The film's
art direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vis ...
was by
Jean Douarinou
Jean Douarinou (1906–1987) was a French art director.Hayward p.440 He was born in Indochina which was then a French colonial possession. He was the elder brother of the cinematographer Alain Douarinou. He was married to the actress Madeleine So ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Aitken, Ian. ''The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film''. Routledge, 2013.
External links
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1943 films
French drama films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Georges Lacombe
French black-and-white films
1943 drama films
1940s French films
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