| Release Date | 1946-12-17 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 81 minutes |
| Genres | Drama |
| Stars | Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Nando Bruno, Marisa Merlini, Gar Moore |
| Directors | Marcello Pagliero, Nino Rota, Aldo Tonti, Ennio Flaiano, Suso Cecchi d'Amico |
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.
