Rome: Free City

The story

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 & crew

Valentina CorteseLa ragazza

Andrea ChecchiIl giovane

Nando BrunoIl ladro

Marisa MerliniMara

Gar Moore

Gar MooreLo statunitense

Vittorio De SicaIl signore distinto

Manlio Busoni

Manlio BusoniIl falsario

Fedele GentileIl ricettatore

Francesco GrandjacquetIl padrone della bisca

Rossano Licari

Rossano LicariCast

Ave NinchiL'affittacamere

Ennio FlaianoIl questorino (uncredited)