Down the Ancient Staircase
Synopsis
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?
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Les Productions Fox Europa
- Foreign production company : IIF - Italian International Film
- French distribution : Fox-Lira
Full credits (8)
- Music Composer : Ennio Morricone
- Foreign Producer : Fulvio Lucisano
- Screenwriters : Bernardino Zapponi, Tullio Pinelli, Mario Arosio, Raffaele Andreassi
- Director of Photography : Ennio Guarnieri
- Costume designer : Piero Tosi
- Editor : Nino Baragli
- Author of original work : Mario Tobino
- Production Designer : Piero Tosi
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1977
- French release : 09/03/1977
- Runtime : 1 h 42 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 43820
- Visa issue date : 27/01/1976
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
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