Basic Info
Release: December 17, 1946
Runtime: 81 min
Rating: ⭐ 4.9/10 (10 votes)
Status: Released
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Rome: Free City
1946
81 min
⭐ 4.9/10
10 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.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Italy
Spoken Languages
- Italian it
- English en
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Cast
Valentina Cortese
La ragazza
Andrea Checchi
Il giovane
Nando Bruno
Il ladro
Marisa Merlini
Mara
Gar Moore
Lo statunitense
Vittorio De Sica
Il signore distinto
Manlio Busoni
Il falsario
Fedele Gentile
Il ricettatore
Francesco Grandjacquet
Il padrone della bisca
Rossano Licari
Ave Ninchi
L'affittacamere
Ennio Flaiano
Il questorino (uncredited)
Crew
Marcello Pagliero
Director
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Marcello Marchesi
Screenplay
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Screenplay
Marcello D'Amico
Producer
Marcello Pagliero
Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay
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