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The Stairway

The Stairway

19892.81h 54m

Overview

Having his life come to a dead end, Vladimir is thinking about suicide. He is saved by a girl and spends the night at her home. The next morning, Vladimir wants to leave, but finds himself trapped by the house: the staircase seems to have no end, again and again it brings him to the same floor.

Directed by Aleksey Sakharov
Written by Aleksandr Zhitinsky
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Top Cast

Oleg Menshikov

Oleg Menshikov

Владимир Пирошников

Elena Yakovleva

Elena Yakovleva

Аля, «ангел» в белой шубке и белой шапочке

Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

дядя Миша

Sergei Artsybashev

Sergei Artsybashev

Георгий Романович Старицкий

Aleksandr Pyatkov

Aleksandr Pyatkov

сосед-баянист

Viktor Stepanov

Viktor Stepanov

скульптор Кирилл

Svetlana Amanova

Svetlana Amanova

Лариса Павловна

Kapitolina Ilyenko

Kapitolina Ilyenko

соседка Анна Кондратьевна

Aleksei Shakhdin

Aleksei Shakhdin

About The Stairway

The Stairway is a drama, fantasy film released in 1989. Directed by Aleksey Sakharov, it stars Oleg Menshikov, Elena Yakovleva, Leonid Kuravlyov. Having his life come to a dead end, Vladimir is thinking about suicide. He is saved by a girl and spends the night at her home. The next morning, Vladimir wants to leave, but finds himself trapped by the house: the staircase seems to have no end, again and again it brings him to the same floor.

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