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Down the Ancient Stairs
Down the Ancient Stairs
6.2
/10
32 Ratings

DOWN THE ANCIENT STAIRS

Per le antiche scale

Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Italy, France, 1975
Drama

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.

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.