The Swindlers

(1959)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 36 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1959

Runtime: 92 мин

Country: France, Italy

Director: Francesco Rosi

Cast: Alberto Sordi, Belinda Lee, Renato Salvatori, Nino Vingelli, Альдо Джуффре, Aldo Bufi Landi, Nino Di Napoli, Linda Vandal, Josef Dahmen, Else Knott

Plot

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.