About
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
Writers
Ennio Flaiano, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Marcello Marchesi, Marcello Pagliero, Cesare Zavattini
Producer
Music
Studio
Pao Film, Fincine
Original Title
Roma città libera
Original Language
Italian
Cast
Full credits →V
Valentina Cortese
La ragazza
A
Andrea Checchi
Il giovane
N
Nando Bruno
Il ladro
M
Marisa Merlini
Mara
G
Gar Moore
Lo statunitense
V
Vittorio De Sica
Il signore distinto
M
Manlio Busoni
Il falsario
F
Fedele Gentile
Il ricettatore
F
Francesco Grandjacquet
Il padrone della bisca
A
Ave Ninchi
L'affittacamere
E
Ennio Flaiano
Il questorino (uncredited)
C
Camillo Mastrocinque
Il signore con l'auto (uncredited)
