Based on a true story, The Staircase stars Colin Firth as crime novelist and convicted killer Michael Peterson, who was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen (Toni Colette), after she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their Durham, N.C., home in 2001.
Based on a true story, The Staircase stars Colin Firth as crime novelist and convicted killer Michael Peterson, who was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen (Toni Colette), after she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their Durham, N.C., home in 2001. The HBO limited series traces the impact of Kathleen’s unexplained death on her children, the legal battle that follows, and the French documentary crew that decides to chronicle the investigation, throughout which Michael continues to declare his innocence.