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The Swindlers
The Swindlers

The Swindlers

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Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

111 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

23 September 1959

Country

France

Cast

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Totonno

Belinda Lee

Belinda Lee

Paula Meyer

Renato Salvatori

Renato Salvatori

Mario Balducci

Nino Vingelli

Nino Vingelli

Vincenzo

Aldo Giuffrè

Aldo Giuffrè

Armando

Aldo Bufi Landi

Aldo Bufi Landi

Rodolfo Valentino

Nino Di Napoli

Nino Di Napoli

Ciro

Linda Vandal

Linda Vandal

Frida

Josef Dahmen

Josef Dahmen

Herr Mayer

Else Knott

Else Knott

Salvatore Cafiero

Salvatore Cafiero

Carmine Ippolito

Carmine Ippolito

Don Raffaele Tramontana

Pasquale Cennamo

Pasquale Cennamo

Don Gennaro

Ubaldo Granata

Ubaldo Granata

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