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.
Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
Aldo Tonti | Director of Photography |
Marcello Pagliero | Director |
Giuliana Attenni | Editor |
Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
Marcello Marchesi | Screenplay |
Amato Garbini | Makeup Artist |
Lisa Baglioni | Script Supervisor |
Ennio Flaiano | Story |
Fernando Previtali | Conductor |