Down the Ancient Stairs (1975)
Per le antiche scale
Dante's Inferno is Alive and Well
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?
- Date of release
- 1975-10-17
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mauro Bolognini
Casting
- Marcello Mastroianni — Professor Bonaccorsi
- Barbara Bouchet — Carla
- Françoise Fabian — Anna Bersani
- Silvano Tranquilli — professor Rospigliosi
- Marthe Keller — Bianca
- Lucia Bosè — Francesca
- Pierre Blaise — Tonio
- Adriana Asti — Gianna
- Maria Michi — la pazza aggressiva
- Charles Fawcett — dottor Sfameni
- Enzo Robutti — il pazzo scrittore
- Ferruccio De Ceresa — gerarca fascista in treno
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Florence
Down the Ancient Staircase is a 1975 Italian-French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.
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