Down the Ancient Stairs
Per le antiche scale
Rating: 5.5 · 1975 · Drama · Italy · 1 ч 50 мин
Description
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?
Information
- Original title
- Per le antiche scale
- Year
- 1975
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1 ч 50 мин
- TMDB
- 5.5
- IMDb
- 5.5
- Tagline
- Dante's Inferno is Alive and Well
Director
Cast
- 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
- Maria Teresa Albani
- Paolo Pacino
- Paola Corazzi
- Alessandra Cardini
- Annunziata Fuciarelli — Asylum Patient (uncredited)