Down the Ancient Stairs

Overview

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?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 17, 1975

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Cast

Ferruccio De Ceresa,Lucia Bosè,Silvano Tranquilli,Maria Teresa Albani,Paola Corazzi,Alessandra Cardini,Marcello Mastroianni,Paolo Pacino,Annunziata Fuciarelli,Adriana Astiand 7 more

Director

Mauro Bolognini

Writer

Tullio Pinelli,Mario Tobino

Producer

Fulvio Lucisano

Cinematography

Ennio Guarnieri

Music

Ennio Morricone

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0073529