Rome: Free City
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
1h 21m
Genre
Drama
Release Date
17 Dec 1946
Country
Italy
Language
Italian, English
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Valentina CorteseLa ragazza
Andrea ChecchiIl giovane
Nando BrunoIl ladro
Marisa MerliniMara
Lo statunitense
Vittorio De SicaIl signore distinto
Il falsario
Fedele GentileIl ricettatore
Francesco GrandjacquetIl padrone della bisca
Ave NinchiL'affittacamere
Ennio FlaianoIl questorino (uncredited)
Pao Film
Fincine


Marcello Pagliero
Nino Rota
Aldo Tonti
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Marcello Marchesi
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Cesare Zavattini