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.

Country:

Italy

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

81 minutes

Year:

1946

Director:

Marcello Pagliero

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Company:

Pao Film,

Fincine

Cast:

La ragazza

Il giovane

Il ladro

Mara

Lo statunitense

Crew:

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Director

Editor

Screenplay