The Staircase (1950 film)

The Staircase (German: Die Treppe) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and (uncredited) Wolfgang Staudte, and starring Hilde Körber, Herbert Stass and Paul Westermeier.^[1] It was partly shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat.

The Staircase
Directed by	Alfred Braun Wolfgang Staudte
Written by	Ralph Lothar
Produced by	Alfred Braun Hans von Wolzogen
Starring	Hilde Körber Herbert Stass Paul Westermeier
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by	Walter Wischniewsky
Music by	Herbert Trantow
Production company	Skala Film
Distributed by	Norddeutscher Filmverleih
Release date	14 September 1950 (1950-09-14)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

The film portrays the lives of the inhabitants of the four floors of a tenement building, connected by the staircase.

Cast

• Hilde Körber as Frau Weide
• Herbert Stass as Willy Weide
• Liane Croon as Annelie Weber
• Paul Westermeier as Herr Schwebs
• Ursula Krieg as Frau Schwebs
• Olga Limburg as Frau Waberski
• Ralph Lothar as Heinz König
• Blandine Ebinger as Fräulein Zärting
• Hilde Sessak as Olga Scharnetzki
• Gerda Zinn as Frau Schulze
• Wolfgang Kühne as Herr Kühne
• Elisabeth Wendt as Frau Görisch
• Renate Reiche as Erika Görisch
• Joachim Teege as Herbert Ehrke
• Nicolas Koline as Opa
• Alfred Braun as Kriminalkommissar
• Renate Brausewetter
• Carl Heinz Charrell as Herr Müller
• Adalbert Gausche as Gastwirt Bunzel
• Käthe Jöken-König as Frau Müller