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The Swindlers

1959 • 1h51m Drama

Rating

6.1/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Francesco Rosi

Screenplay

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Francesco Rosi

Cast

Alberto Sordi

Belinda Lee

Renato Salvatori

Release date

9/23/1959

Status

Released

Origin country

IT

Vote count

35