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Per le antiche scale (1975)
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The sensual. The tortured. The obsessed. He is their ruler.
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A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Paola Corazzi |
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Down the Ancient Staircase
Down the Ancient Stairs
En descendant les marches d'antan (France) (festival title)
Vertiges (France)
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Down the Ancient Stairs
En descendant les marches d'antan (France) (festival title)
Vertiges (France)
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France:97 min | Italy:115 min | USA:110 min
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DOWN THE ANCIENT STAIRS has Marcello Mastroianni playing the head doctor in an insane asylum of fascist Italy of the thirties. Director Bolognini probably intended the hospital to represent a microcosm of the Italy of the times. The doctor is working on the theory that schizophrenia is caused by a physical virus that can be isolated and treated. This controversial film examines the repressive mechanisms common to fascism and institutional psychiatry. The doctor is loved by three women and has simultaneous affairs with a nurse, a nymphomaniac, and the hospital director's wife. Although somewhat sensationalized, this film was made by a director of some renown, Mauro Bolognini, who gave us gems like BELL'ANTONIO (also with Mastroianni), LA GRANDE BOURGEOISE, METELLO, AGOSTINO, and LA VIACCIA.