Per Le Antiche Scale (1975)
In this drama, set during the 1930s, the head shrink at an Italian insane asylum believes that insanity is caused by a virus. His intensive research has caused him to spend all his time at the hospital. He hasn't left it for eight years. A young female doctor comes and gets close to the chief doctor. She learns that he is afraid he has become infected. The only bright spots in his life are the affairs he has with the superintendent's wife, his assistant, and the wife of a peer. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Mauro Bolognini
Synopsis of Per Le Antiche Scale
In this drama, set during the 1930s, the head shrink at an Italian insane asylum believes that insanity is caused by a virus. His intensive research has caused him to spend all his time at the hospital. He hasn't left it for eight years. A young female doctor comes and gets close to the chief doctor. She learns that he is afraid he has become infected. The only bright spots in his life are the affairs he has with the superintendent's wife, his assistant, and the wife of a peer. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Per Le Antiche Scale
- Adriana Asti - Gianna
- Lucia Bosé - Fernanda
- Françoise Fabian - Anna
- Marthe Keller - Bianca
- Pierre Blaise - Tonio
- Barbara Bouchet - Carla
- Charles Fawcett - Director
- Marcello Mastroianni - Doctor
- Director(s):
- Mauro Bolognini
- Writer(s):
- Mario Arosio, Raffaele Andreassi, Tullio Pinelli
- Producer(s):
- Fulvio Lucisano
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