Por las antiguas escaleras (1975)
El profesor Bonaccorsi, director de un manicomio, está convencido de que detrás de la locura se esconde un virus, teoría que rechaza una joven y guapa doctora, que ha leído a Freud y representa las modernas teorías sobre el origen social de la enfermedad. Aunque, a primera vista, el sufrimiento y el miedo a la locura puedan parecer ser el eje central del film, lo cierto es que no son más que un pretexto: el tema esencial es el sexo.
Directora:
Mauro Bolognini
Escritor:
Tullio Pinelli
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Marcello Mastroianni as Professor Bonaccorsi |
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Barbara Bouchet as Carla |
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Françoise Fabian as Anna Bersani |
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Silvano Tranquilli as professor Rospigliosi |
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Marthe Keller as Bianca |
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Lucía Bosé as Francesca |
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Pierre Blaise as Tonio |
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Adriana Asti as Gianna |
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Maria Michi as la pazza aggressiva |
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Charles Fawcett as dottor Sfameni |
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Enzo Robutti as il pazzo scrittore |
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Ferruccio De Ceresa as gerarca fascista in treno |
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Maria Teresa Albani as |
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Paolo Pacino as |
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Paola Corazzi as |
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Alessandra Cardini as |
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Annunziata Fuciarelli as Asylum Patient (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mauro Bolognini | Director |
| Writing | Mario Tobino | Novel |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Production | Fulvio Lucisano | Producer |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Tosi | Costume Design |