Rome: Free City

Rome: Free City

Rome: Free City

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Rome: Free City

1946

1h 21m

4.9(10 votes)

Drama

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.

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13 members

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Valentina Cortese

La ragazza

Valentina Cortese

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Andrea Checchi

Il giovane

Andrea Checchi

Acting

Nando Bruno

Il ladro

Nando Bruno

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Marisa Merlini

Mara

Marisa Merlini

Acting

Gar Moore

Lo statunitense

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Directing

Vittorio De Sica

Il signore distinto

Vittorio De Sica

Acting

Manlio Busoni

Il falsario

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Fedele Gentile

Il ricettatore

Fedele Gentile

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Francesco Grandjacquet

Il padrone della bisca

Francesco Grandjacquet

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Rossano Licari

Unknown Role

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Ave Ninchi

L'affittacamere

Ave Ninchi

Writing

Ennio Flaiano

Il questorino (uncredited)

Ennio Flaiano

Directing

Camillo Mastrocinque

Il signore con l'auto (uncredited)

Camillo Mastrocinque

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