Down the Ancient Staircase
Film poster
Directed by	Mauro Bolognini
Written by	Raffaele Andreassi Mario Arosio Sinko Solleville Marie Tullio Pinelli Mario Tobino Bernardino Zapponi
Produced by	Fulvio Lucisano
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Release dates	November 1975 (1975-11) (Paris Film Festival) November 1975 (1975-11) (Teheran International Film Festival) 6 November 1975 (1975-11-06) (Italy)
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

Down the Ancient Staircase (Italian: Per le antiche scale) is a 1975 Italian-French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.^[1]

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.