

110 minutes
10/17/1975
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 and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?

Marcello Mastroianni
as Professor Bonaccorsi

Barbara Bouchet
as Carla

Françoise Fabian
as Anna Bersani

Silvano Tranquilli
as professor Rospigliosi

Marthe Keller
as Bianca

Lucia Bosè
as Francesca

Pierre Blaise
as Tonio

Adriana Asti
as Gianna

Maria Michi
as la pazza aggressiva

Charles Fawcett
as dottor Sfameni

Enzo Robutti
as il pazzo scrittore

Ferruccio De Ceresa
as gerarca fascista in treno

Maria Teresa Albani

Paolo Pacino

Paola Corazzi

Alessandra Cardini

Annunziata Fuciarelli
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)