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Rome: Free City

Rome: Free City

★ 5.4/10•1946•1h 21m•Drama

In a post-war Rome of 1946, a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who has returned from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave the house together for a night full of misadventures. In the streets of Rome they meet a struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts for streetwalking; and a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”.

Marcello Pagliero · Director

Suso Cecchi d'Amico · Screenplay

Luigi Filippo D'Amico · Screenplay

Marcello Marchesi · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 21m
LanguageIT
Release DateDec 17, 1946

Actors

Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

La ragazza

Andrea Checchi

Andrea Checchi

Il giovane

Nando Bruno

Nando Bruno

Il ladro

Marisa Merlini

Marisa Merlini

Mara

Gar Moore

Lo statunitense

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

Il signore distinto

Manlio Busoni

Il falsario

Fedele Gentile

Fedele Gentile

Il ricettatore

Francesco Grandjacquet

Francesco Grandjacquet

Il padrone della bisca

Rossano Licari

Ave Ninchi

Ave Ninchi

L'affittacamere

Ennio Flaiano

Ennio Flaiano

Il questorino (uncredited)

Camillo Mastrocinque

Camillo Mastrocinque

Il signore con l'auto (uncredited)

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