Rome: Free City

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 17, 1946

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

English, Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

Fincine,Pao Film

Cast

Valentina Cortese,Nando Bruno,Gar Moore,Andrea Checchi,Vittorio De Sica,Francesco Grandjacquet,Ave Ninchi,Rossano Licari,Ennio Flaiano,Camillo Mastrocinqueand 3 more

Director

Marcello Pagliero

Writer

Marcello Pagliero,Suso Cecchi d'Amico,Ennio Flaiano,Cesare Zavattini,Marcello Marchesi,Luigi Filippo D'Amico

Producer

Marcello D'Amico

Cinematography

Aldo Tonti

Music

Nino Rota

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0038891