Rome: Free City

Rome: Free City

1946 · 81 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama

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.

Directed by Marcello Pagliero · Written by Ennio Flaiano

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Valentina Cortese La ragazza
Andrea Checchi Il giovane
Nando Bruno Il ladro
Marisa Merlini Mara
Gar Moore Lo statunitense
Vittorio De Sica Il signore distinto
Manlio Busoni Il falsario
Fedele Gentile Il ricettatore
Francesco Grandjacquet Il padrone della bisca
Rossano Licari
Ave Ninchi L'affittacamere
Ennio Flaiano Il questorino (uncredited)

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