The Swindlers

Sep 23, 1959

1h 51m

★ 6.2

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Titanus

Vides Cinematografica

Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)

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Cast

Totonno

Alberto Sordi

Paula Meyer

Belinda Lee

Mario Balducci

Renato Salvatori

Vincenzo

Nino Vingelli

Armando

Aldo Giuffrè

Rodolfo Valentino

Aldo Bufi Landi

Ciro

Nino Di Napoli

Frida

Linda Vandal

Herr Mayer

Josef Dahmen

Else Knott

Salvatore Cafiero

Don Raffaele Tramontana

Carmine Ippolito

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