Down the Ancient Stairs

Down the Ancient Stairs

Per le antiche scale
🎞️ Movie 110 min IT
โ˜… 6.6 /10 1975

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?

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Professor Bonaccorsi
Françoise Fabian
Françoise Fabian
Anna Bersani
Marthe Keller
Marthe Keller
Bianca
Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet
Carla
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Pierre Blaise
Tonio
Lucia Bosè
Lucia Bosè
Francesca
Maria Michi
Maria Michi
Folle aggressiva
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Paolo Pacino
Silvano Tranquilli
Silvano Tranquilli
Professor Rospigliosi
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Charles Fawcett
Dottor Sfameni
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Composer
Ennio Guarnieri
Ennio Guarnieri
Cinematographer