Down the Ancient Stairs
1975, Italian. Directed by Mauro Bolognini.
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?
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Mauro BologniniDirector
- Marcello MastroianniProfessor Bonaccorsi
- Barbara BouchetCarla
- Françoise FabianAnna Bersani
- Silvano Tranquilliprofessor Rospigliosi
- Marthe KellerBianca
- Lucia BosèFrancesca
- Pierre BlaiseTonio
- Adriana AstiGianna
- Maria Michila pazza aggressiva
- Charles Fawcettdottor Sfameni
- Enzo Robuttiil pazzo scrittore
- Ferruccio De Ceresagerarca fascista in treno
Details
- Released
- 17 October 1975
- Original title
- Per le antiche scale
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Tullio Pinelli
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Down the Ancient Stairs runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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Down the Ancient Stairs isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 October 1975. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Down the Ancient Stairs?
Down the Ancient Stairs (1975) was directed by Mauro Bolognini and stars Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara Bouchet, Françoise Fabian.