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.
Title | The Swindlers |
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Year | 1959 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | France, Italy |
Studio | Titanus, Vides Cinematografica, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.) |
Cast | Alberto Sordi, Belinda Lee, Renato Salvatori, Nino Vingelli, Aldo Giuffrè, Aldo Bufi Landi |
Crew | Piero Piccioni (Original Music Composer), Mario Serandrei (Editor), Gianni Di Venanzo (Director of Photography), Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (Screenplay), Francesco Rosi (Director), Franco Cristaldi (Producer) |
Keyword | foreign worker |
Release | Sep 23, 1959 |
Runtime | 111 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.20 / 10 by 33 users |