Down the Ancient Stairs
movie
Dante's Inferno is Alive and Well
Released October 17, 1975
Genres:
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?
Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
as
Professor Bonaccorsi
Barbara Bouchet
as
Carla
Françoise Fabian
as
Anna Bersani
Silvano Tranquilli
as
professor Rospigliosi
Marthe Keller
as
Bianca
Lucia Bosè
as
Francesca
Pierre Blaise
as
Tonio
Adriana Asti
as
Gianna
Maria Michi
as
la pazza aggressiva
Charles Fawcett
as
dottor Sfameni
Enzo Robutti
as
il pazzo scrittore
Ferruccio De Ceresa
as
gerarca fascista in treno
