Down the Ancient Stairs (1975)
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Country: France, Italy
Genres: Drama
Release: 1975-11-06
Director: Mauro Bolognini
Writers: Mario Tobino , Bernardino Zapponi , Raffaele Andreassi , Mario Arosio , Tullio Pinelli
Language: Italian
Stars: Marcello Mastroianni , Françoise Fabian , Marthe Keller , Barbara Bouchet
Runtime: 110 min
Awards: 4 wins & 2 nominations
AKA: Katrakylontas sta palia skalopatia (Greece) , Po antycznych schodach (Poland) , Down the Ancient Stairs (United States of America) , Eski merdivenler (Turkey) , Down the Ancient Stairs (United Kingdom) , Locura erótica (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Down the Ancient Staircase , Por las antiguas escaleras (Spain) , Vertiges (France, French Republic) , In de klauwen van de waanzin (Netherlands the) , Vertigens (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , En descendant les marches d'antan (France, French Republic) , O Segredo das Velhas Escadas (Brazil) , Per le antiche scale (Italy) , Per le antiche scale , Down the Ancient Stairs
Plot: 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?
IMDB:tt0073529