Drama
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.
Directed by
Marcello Pagliero
Valentina Cortese
La ragazza
Marisa Merlini
Mara
Ave Ninchi
L'affittacamere
Nando Bruno
Il ladro
Fedele Gentile
Il ricettatore
Andrea Checchi
Il giovane
Gar Moore
Lo statunitense
Manlio Busoni
Il falsario
Francesco Grandjacquet
Il padrone della bisca
Rossano Licari

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