Stairway to Light
“John Nesbitt's Passing Parade”
7.0(10)194510m
DramaHistoryDocumentary
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.
Director
Sammy Lee
Cast
Reviews
1 review
Geronimo1967
8mo ago
7.0
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 “c...
