Rome: Free City
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1946-12-17
Runtime: 81 mins
Director: Marcello Pagliero
Spoken language: Italiano, English
Genres: Drama
Original title: Rome: Free City
Production Companies: Pao Film, Fincine
Production Countries: Italy
Cast
Valentina Cortese
Andrea Checchi
Nando Bruno
Marisa Merlini
Gar Moore
Vittorio De Sica
Manlio Busoni
Fedele Gentile
Francesco Grandjacquet
Rossano Licari
Ave Ninchi
Ennio Flaiano
Camillo Mastrocinque
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