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.

• Marcello PaglieroDirector
• Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
• Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
• Marcello PaglieroScreenplay
• Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
• Marcello MarchesiScreenplay
• Luigi Filippo D'AmicoScreenplay

• Valentina CorteseLa ragazza
• Andrea ChecchiIl giovane
• Nando BrunoIl ladro
• Marisa MerliniMara
• Gar MooreLo statunitense
• Vittorio De SicaIl signore distinto
• Manlio BusoniIl falsario
• Fedele GentileIl ricettatore
• Francesco GrandjacquetIl padrone della bisca
• Rossano LicariCast
• Ave NinchiL'affittacamere
• Ennio FlaianoIl questorino (uncredited)