The Swindlers
6.2(36) 1959-09-23 111 minDrama
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.
ScreenplayGiuseppe Patroni Griffi
ProducerFranco Cristaldi
Original Music ComposerPiero Piccioni
DirectorFrancesco Rosi
ScreenplaySuso Cecchi d'Amico
ScreenplayFrancesco Rosi
Cast & characters
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
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Nino Di Napoli
as Ciro
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Linda Vandal
as Frida
Josef Dahmen
as Herr Mayer
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Else Knott
as —
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Salvatore Cafiero
as —
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Carmine Ippolito
as Don Raffaele Tramontana
Pasquale Cennamo
as Don Gennaro
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Ubaldo Granata
as —
