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Rome: Free City
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 as La ragazza
- Andrea Checchi as Il giovane
- Nando Bruno as Il ladro
- Marisa Merlini as Mara
- Gar Moore as Lo statunitense
- Vittorio De Sica as Il signore distinto
- Manlio Busoni as Il falsario
- Fedele Gentile as Il ricettatore
- Francesco Grandjacquet as Il padrone della bisca
- Rossano Licari
- Ave Ninchi as L'affittacamere
- Ennio Flaiano as Il questorino (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Marcello Pagliero
- Released
- December 17, 1946
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Pao Film and Fincine
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.4 / 10 from 11 votes
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