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The Swindlers (1959)
Directed by Francesco Rosi
Drama · 1h 51m
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.
Cast
Alberto Sordi
Belinda Lee
Renato Salvatori
Nino Vingelli
Aldo Giuffrè
Aldo Bufi Landi
Josef Dahmen
Crew
- Director
- Francesco Rosi
- Screenplay
- Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Francesco Rosi
- Director of Photography
- Gianni Di Venanzo
- Original Music Composer
- Piero Piccioni
- Editor
- Mario Serandrei
- Producer
- Franco Cristaldi
Details
- Original title
- I magliari
- Release date
- 1959-09-23
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- German, Italian
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Titanus, Vides Cinematografica, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)