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Stairway to Light

John Nesbitt's Passing Parade

7.1(13)194510m1

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.

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Released
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Language
English
  • coincidence
  • insane asylum
  • mental patient
  • compassion
  • mental health

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Director

Sammy Lee

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR3 Nov 1945

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Stairway to Light was released on 3 November 1945.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/6/2025

    7/10

    The unassuming Philippe Pinel (Wolfgang Zilzer) takes up a position in charge of a prison for the mentally ill in Paris and is horrified by what he discovers. There are people, unkempt and uncared for, who have been kept in the dark, chained to walls and fed a diet of gruel, bread and water - and they have been there for decades. Rather courageously, he concludes that chains and pain have never “cured” anyone so he d…

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