Rome: Free City
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- Runtime
- 81 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Valentina Cortese
- Andrea Checchi
- Nando Bruno
- Marisa Merlini
- Gar Moore
- Vittorio De Sica
- Manlio Busoni
- Fedele Gentile
- Francesco Grandjacquet
- Rossano Licari
- Ave Ninchi
- Ennio Flaiano
- Camillo Mastrocinque
Director
- Marcello Pagliero
Producers
- Marcello D'Amico
Screenwriter
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Marcello Marchesi
- Luigi Filippo D'Amico
- Marcello Pagliero
- Cesare Zavattini
