Down the Ancient Staircase

Down the Ancient Staircase is a 1975 Italian-French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.

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.