Rome: Free City

Dec 17, 1946

1h 21m

★ 4.9

Overview

In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pao Film

Fincine

Rome: Free City Trailers

Cast

La ragazza

Valentina Cortese

Il giovane

Andrea Checchi

Il ladro

Nando Bruno

Mara

Marisa Merlini

Lo statunitense

Gar Moore

Il signore distinto

Vittorio De Sica

Il falsario

Manlio Busoni

Il ricettatore

Fedele Gentile

Il padrone della bisca

Francesco Grandjacquet

Rossano Licari

L'affittacamere

Ave Ninchi

Il questorino (uncredited)

Ennio Flaiano

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