Rome: Free City (1946)
1h 21m
Running Time
December 17, 1946Release Date
Rome: Free City (1946)
1h 21m
Running Time
December 17, 1946Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Valentina Cortese
La ragazza
Andrea Checchi
Il giovane
Nando Bruno
Il ladro
Gar Moore
Lo statunitense
Marisa Merlini
Mara
Vittorio De Sica
Il signore distinto
Marcello Pagliero
Director
Manlio Busoni
Il falsario
Ennio Flaiano
Writer
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Writer
Fedele Gentile
Il ricettatore
Cesare Zavattini
Writer
Francesco Grandjacquet
Il padrone della bisca
Pino Mercanti
Writer
Nino Rota
Composer
Ave Ninchi
L'affittacamere
Camillo Mastrocinque
Il signore con l'auto (uncredited)
Marcello D'Amico
Producer
Aldo Tonti
Director of Photography
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Screenplay / First Assistant Director
Marcello Marchesi
Screenplay
Giuliana Attenni
Editor
Amato Garbini
Makeup Artist
Fernando Previtali
Conductor
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Raffaele Barba
Production Manager
Lisa Baglioni
Script Supervisor
Rossano Licari
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 17, 1946
Original NameRoma città libera
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Genres
Wiki.
Roma ville libre is a 1946 film directed by Marcello Pagliero.Also known as the alternative title of: Roma ville libre (The night brings advice).