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The Stairway

3.919891h 54mMovieDramaFantasy

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.

DirectorAleksey Sakharov
WriterAleksandr Zhitinsky
ProducerMarina Kapustina

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Cast · Directed by Aleksey Sakharov

OMOleg Menshikov
Oleg Menshikov
Владимир Пирошников
EYElena Yakovleva
Elena Yakovleva
Аля, «ангел» в белой шубке и белой шапочке
LKLeonid Kuravlyov
Leonid Kuravlyov
дядя Миша
SASergei Artsybashev
Sergei Artsybashev
Георгий Романович Старицкий
APAleksandr Pyatkov
Aleksandr Pyatkov
сосед-баянист
VSViktor Stepanov
Viktor Stepanov
скульптор Кирилл
SASvetlana Amanova
Svetlana Amanova
Лариса Павловна
KIKapitolina Ilyenko
Kapitolina Ilyenko
соседка Анна Кондратьевна
ASAleksei Shakhdin
Aleksei Shakhdin

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