Down the Ancient Staircase

Down the Ancient Staircase
Down the Ancient Staircase
	Film poster
Directed by	Mauro Bolognini
Written by	Raffaele Andreassi; Mario Arosio; Sinko Solleville Marie; Tullio Pinelli; Mario Tobino; Bernardino Zapponi
Produced by	Fulvio Lucisano
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Release dates	November 1975 (Paris Film Festival); November 1975 (Teheran International Film Festival); 6 November 1975 (Italy);
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Italy; France
Language	Italian

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

^ "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.

External links

Down the Ancient Staircase at IMDb

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[NY_Times.com-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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