Down the Ancient Staircase

1975 film

  • November 1975 (1975-11) (Paris Film Festival)
  • November 1975 (1975-11) (Teheran International Film Festival)
  • 6 November 1975 (1975-11-06) (Italy)
Running time
115 minutesCountriesItaly
FranceLanguageItalian

Down the Ancient Staircase (Italian: Per le antiche scale) is a 1975 Italian-French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.[1]

Cast

  • Marcello Mastroianni - Professor Bonaccorsi
  • Françoise Fabian - Anna Bersani
  • Marthe Keller - Bianca
  • Barbara Bouchet - Carla
  • Pierre Blaise - Tonio
  • Maria Teresa Albani
  • Maria Michi
  • Paolo Pacino
  • Silvano Tranquilli - Professor Rospigliosi
  • Charles Fawcett - Doctor Sfameni
  • Enzo Robutti
  • Ferruccio De Ceresa - Fascist Official in train
  • Lucia Bosé - Francesca
  • Adriana Asti - Gianna

Plot

In Italy, in 1930, Professor Bonaccorsi, renowned psychiatrist, conducts research on madness in the asylum where he works as a doctor in Tuscany. He has three mistresses: Bianca, his assistant; Carla, a colleague's wife; and Francesca, the wife of the asylum's director.

References

  1. ^ "NY Times: Down the Ancient Staircase". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2009.

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