The Swindlers (1959)
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.
- Released
- 1959-09-23
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Francesco Rosi, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Francesco Rosi
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 36 votes
Cast
- Alberto Sordi as Totonno
- Belinda Lee as Paula Meyer
- Renato Salvatori as Mario Balducci
- Nino Vingelli as Vincenzo
- Aldo Giuffrè as Armando
- Aldo Bufi Landi as Rodolfo Valentino
- Nino Di Napoli as Ciro
- Linda Vandal as Frida
- Josef Dahmen as Herr Mayer
- Else Knott
- Salvatore Cafiero
- Carmine Ippolito as Don Raffaele Tramontana