Down the Ancient Stairs (1975)
1975 · Feature film · 110 min · dir. Mauro Bolognini
Dante's Inferno is Alive and Well
- Drama
Synopsis
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?
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Mauro Bolognini
- Writer
- Mario Tobino
- Composer
- Ennio Morricone
- Cinematography
- Ennio Guarnieri
- Released
- 1975-10-17
- Original title
- Per le antiche scale
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Language
- Italian
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Down the Ancient Stairs
- Per le antiche scale
- 1975
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Francoise Fabian
- Barbara Bouchet
- Marthe Keller
- Pierre Blaise
- Lucia Bose
- Maria Michi
Cast & crew
Mauro Bolognini Director
Marcello Mastroianni
Barbara Bouchet
Françoise Fabian
Silvano Tranquilli
Marthe Keller
Lucia Bosè
Pierre Blaise
Adriana Asti