The Swindlers
6.7
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.
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Cast
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Alberto Sordi
Totonno
Known for
The Marquis of Grillo
I Vitelloni
Belinda Lee
Paula Meyer
Known for
Ghosts of Rome
Renato Salvatori
Mario Balducci
Known for
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Rocco and His Brothers
Nino Vingelli
Vincenzo
Known for
Many Wars Ago
Bread, Love and Dreams
Aldo Giuffrè
Armando
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Aldo Bufi Landi
Rodolfo Valentino
Known for
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
The Unlikely Prince
Nino Di Napoli
Ciro
Known for
Poverty and Nobility
March on Rome
Linda Vandal
Frida
No other roles listed
Josef Dahmen
Herr Mayer
Known for
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Else Knott
Also in
Condemned to Sin
Dawn
Salvatore Cafiero
Known for
Love and Larceny
Carmine Ippolito
Don Raffaele Tramontana
No other roles listed
Francesco Rosi Director · Suso Cecchi d'Amico Screenplay Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Screenplay
First release September 23, 1959 · Produced in France, Italy · Languages German, Italian
Production
Titanus
Production
Vides Cinematografica
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Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production
France · Italy
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Original title
I magliari
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
German · Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 23, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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