Rome: Free City (1946)
Roma città libera
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?”.
- Date of release
- 1946-12-17
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Marcello Pagliero
Casting
- 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)
Interesting facts
Rome, Free City is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and starring Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Marisa Merlini and Vittorio De Sica. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.
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