Down the Ancient Staircase
# Down the Ancient Staircase

Down the Ancient Staircase (Italian: Per le antiche scale) 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.

