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…
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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
Cast & crew
Mauro Bolognini Director
Marcello Mastroianni
Barbara Bouchet
Françoise Fabian
Silvano Tranquilli
Marthe Keller
Lucia Bosè
Pierre Blaise
Adriana Asti
