Rome: Free City (1946)

Drama

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

Il giovane
L'affittacamere
Il questorino (uncredited)
Il signore con l'auto (uncredited)
Il ladro
Lo statunitense
Il signore distinto
Il falsario
Il ricettatore
Il padrone della bisca

Crew

Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
First Assistant Director
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Script Supervisor
Production Manager