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The Swindlers

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The Swindlers

6.1

1h 51m

1959

Synopsis

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.

Director

Francesco Rosi

Drama

foreign worker

Cast & Crew

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

as Totonno

Belinda Lee

Belinda Lee

as Paula Meyer

Renato Salvatori

Renato Salvatori

as Mario Balducci

Nino Vingelli

Nino Vingelli

as Vincenzo

Aldo Giuffrè

Aldo Giuffrè

as Armando

Aldo Bufi Landi

Aldo Bufi Landi

as Rodolfo Valentino

Nino Di Napoli

as Ciro

Linda Vandal

as Frida

Josef Dahmen

Josef Dahmen

as Herr Mayer

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