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.
Year: 1946
Genre: Drama
Director: Marcello Pagliero
Cast: Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Nando Bruno, Marisa Merlini, Gar Moore, Vittorio De Sica
Crew: Marcello Pagliero (Director), Nino Rota (Original Music Composer), Aldo Tonti (Director of Photography), Ennio Flaiano (Story), Suso Cecchi d'Amico (Screenplay), Luigi Filippo D'Amico (Screenplay)
Runtime: 81 minutes
Release: Dec 17, 1946
IMDb: 5.10/10 by 8 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Italy
Language: English, Italiano
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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