Rome: Free City (1946)

Rome: Free City (1946)

1946-12-17 Italy 81 Min. PG-13
5.1 8 votes

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.

Cast

Valentina Cortese is La ragazza
Andrea Checchi is Il giovane
Il giovane
Nando Bruno is Il ladro
Il ladro
Gar Moore is Lo statunitense
Lo statunitense
Vittorio De Sica is Il signore distinto
Il signore distinto
Manlio Busoni is Il falsario
Il falsario
Fedele Gentile is Il ricettatore
Il ricettatore
Francesco Grandjacquet is Il padrone della bisca
Il padrone della bisca
Ave Ninchi is L'affittacamere
L'affittacamere
Ennio Flaiano is Il questorino (uncredited)
Il questorino (uncredited)