The Swindlers (1959)
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
Writers:
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Francesco Rosi.
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Alberto Sordi as Totonno |
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Belinda Lee as Paula Meyer |
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Renato Salvatori as Mario Balducci |
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Nino Vingelli as Vincenzo |
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Aldo Giuffrè as Armando |
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Aldo Bufi Landi as Rodolfo Valentino |
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Nino Di Napoli as Ciro |
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Linda Vandal as Frida |
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Josef Dahmen as Herr Mayer |
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Else Knott as |
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Salvatore Cafiero as |
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Carmine Ippolito as Don Raffaele Tramontana |
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Pasquale Cennamo as Don Gennaro |
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Ubaldo Granata as |
| Production | Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Sound | Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Writing | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Francesco Rosi | Director |
| Production | Lucio Orlandini | Unit Manager |
| Production | Pietro Notarianni | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jette Arlt | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Art | Dieter Bartels | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graziella Urbinati | Costume Design |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Osvaldo Massimi | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Riccardo Caneva | Administration |
| Directing | Roberto Pariante | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
| Production | Orazio Tassara | Production Manager |
| Camera | Aiace Parolin | Camera Operator |
| Production | Gino Millozza | Production Manager |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Jerzy Macc | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rinaldo Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Story |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Story |
| Production | Aldo Pomilia | Assistant Production Manager |
