Rome: Free City (1946)
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
Writers:
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Marcello Marchesi, Marcello Pagliero, Cesare Zavattini.
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Valentina Cortese as La ragazza |
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Andrea Checchi as Il giovane |
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Nando Bruno as Il ladro |
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Marisa Merlini as Mara |
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Gar Moore as Lo statunitense |
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Vittorio De Sica as Il signore distinto |
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Manlio Busoni as Il falsario |
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Fedele Gentile as Il ricettatore |
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Francesco Grandjacquet as Il padrone della bisca |
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Rossano Licari as |
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Ave Ninchi as L'affittacamere |
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Ennio Flaiano as Il questorino (uncredited) |
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Camillo Mastrocinque as Il signore con l'auto (uncredited) |
| Directing | Marcello Pagliero | Director |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Aldo Tonti | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Story |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marcello Marchesi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marcello Pagliero | Screenplay |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Screenplay |
| Production | Marcello D'Amico | Producer |
| Directing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Gastone Medin | Production Design |
| Editing | Giuliana Attenni | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amato Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Lisa Baglioni | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Raffaele Barba | Production Manager |
| Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
