Rome: Free City (1946)

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.

Released Dec. 17, 1946 81 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.suicide-attempt, tmdb.amnesia, tmdb.post-world-war-ii, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.rome-italy, imdb.roundup, imdb.gambling-club + 12 more, tmdb.cat-burglar, imdb.neorealism, imdb.post-war, imdb.old-flame, imdb.amnesia, imdb.bar, imdb.soldier, imdb.prostitute, imdb.thief, imdb.rome-italy, imdb.italy, imdb.young