Down the Ancient Stairs

Dante's Inferno is Alive and Well

110 mins
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?

Marcello Mastroianni

Professor Bonaccorsi

Françoise Fabian

Anna Bersani

Silvano Tranquilli

professor Rospigliosi

Lucia Bosè

Francesca

Maria Michi

la pazza aggressiva

Charles Fawcett

dottor Sfameni

Enzo Robutti

il pazzo scrittore

Ferruccio De Ceresa

gerarca fascista in treno

Annunziata Fuciarelli

Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Tullio Pinelli

Screenplay

Ennio Guarnieri

Director of Photography

Piero Tosi

Costume Design

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