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Rome: Free City
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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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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Genre:Drama
Written By:Cesare Zavattini, Marcello Pagliero, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Marcello Marchesi, Luigi Filippo D'Amico
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Runtime:81 minutes
Studio:Pao Film, Fincine
Cast
Marcello Pagliero
Director
Valentina Cortese
La ragazza
Andrea Checchi
Il giovane
Nando Bruno
Il ladro
Marisa Merlini
Mara
Gar Moore
Lo statunitense
Vittorio De Sica
Il signore distinto
Manlio Busoni
Il falsario
Fedele Gentile
Il ricettatore
Francesco Grandjacquet
Il padrone della bisca
Rossano Licari
Ave Ninchi
L'affittacamere
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