Rome: Free City
1946 · 81 min
Drama
★ 5.4Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director Marcello Pagliero
- Screenplay Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Screenplay Marcello Marchesi
- Screenplay Luigi Filippo D'Amico
- Screenplay Marcello Pagliero
- Screenplay Cesare Zavattini
- Story Ennio Flaiano
- Director of Photography Aldo Tonti
Cast
Valentina Cortese
La ragazza
Andrea Checchi
Il giovane
Nando Bruno
Il ladro
Marisa Merlini
Mara
- G
Gar Moore
Lo statunitense
Vittorio De Sica
Il signore distinto
- M
Manlio Busoni
Il falsario
Fedele Gentile
Il ricettatore
Francesco Grandjacquet
Il padrone della bisca
- R
Rossano Licari
Ave Ninchi
L'affittacamere
Ennio Flaiano
Il questorino (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — Marcello Pagliero
- Screenplay — Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Screenplay — Marcello Marchesi
- Screenplay — Luigi Filippo D'Amico
- Screenplay — Marcello Pagliero
- Screenplay — Cesare Zavattini
- Story — Ennio Flaiano
- Director of Photography — Aldo Tonti
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