Staircase (1969)
- Directed by
- Stanley Donen
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A long-married gay couple run a barber shop in London. They spend a day talking about their relationship while facing the legal troubles of one partner.
melancholicintimatewrytalkybittersweetclaustrophobic
What happens
Staircase (also known as L'Escalier) is a 1969 British comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. The screenplay was by Charles Dyer, adapted from his 1966 play of the same name. The film concerns an ageing gay couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. They discuss their loving but often volatile past together and ponder their possible future without each other, as Charles is about to go on trial for dressing as a woman in public. The two main characters are named Charles Dyer (the name of the playwright/screenwriter) and Harry C. Leeds, which is an anagram of his name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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