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 |
| Sound | Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Francesco Rosi | Director |
| Production | Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Production | Pietro Notarianni | Line Producer |
| Production | Lucio Orlandini | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Art | Dieter Bartels | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graziella Urbinati | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jette Arlt | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Story |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Production | Riccardo Caneva | Administration |
| Production | Orazio Tassara | Production Manager |
| Directing | Rinaldo Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roberto Pariante | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Osvaldo Massimi | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Gino Millozza | Production Manager |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Story |
| Camera | Aiace Parolin | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Jerzy Macc | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Aldo Pomilia | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
