
Rome: Free City (1946)
1h 21m | PG-13
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.
Director: Marcello Pagliero
Studio: Pao Film
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast

Valentina Cortese
as La ragazza

Andrea Checchi
as Il giovane

Nando Bruno
as Il ladro

Marisa Merlini
as Mara

Gar Moore
as Lo statunitense

Vittorio De Sica
as Il signore distinto