The Swindlers
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1959-09-23
Runtime: 111 mins
Director: Francesco Rosi
Spoken language: Deutsch, Italiano
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Swindlers
Production Companies: Titanus, Vides Cinematografica, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production Countries: France, Italy
Cast
Alberto Sordi
Belinda Lee
Renato Salvatori
Nino Vingelli
Aldo Giuffrè
Aldo Bufi Landi
Nino Di Napoli
Linda Vandal
Josef Dahmen
Else Knott
Salvatore Cafiero
Carmine Ippolito
Pasquale Cennamo
Ubaldo Granata
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