The Swindlers

The Swindlers (1959)

23/09/1959
Drama
1h 51m

Overview

Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth, but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.

  • Francesco RosiDirector, Screenplay
  • Giuseppe Patroni GriffiScreenplay
  • Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
  • Original Title

    I magliari

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Italian

Keywords

  • foreign worker

Top Billed Cast

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Totonno

Belinda Lee

Belinda Lee

Paula Meyer

Renato Salvatori

Renato Salvatori

Mario Balducci

Nino Vingelli

Nino Vingelli

Vincenzo

Aldo Giuffrè

Aldo Giuffrè

Armando

Aldo Bufi Landi

Aldo Bufi Landi

Rodolfo Valentino

Nino Di Napoli

Ciro

Linda Vandal

Frida

Josef Dahmen

Josef Dahmen

Herr Mayer

Else Knott

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