

The Swindlers(1959)
Overview
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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Alberto Sordi
Totonno

Belinda Lee
Paula Meyer

Renato Salvatori
Mario Balducci

Nino Vingelli
Vincenzo

Aldo Giuffrè
Armando

Aldo Bufi Landi
Rodolfo Valentino
Nino Di Napoli
Ciro
Linda Vandal
Frida

Josef Dahmen
Herr Mayer
Else Knott
Salvatore Cafiero
Carmine Ippolito
Don Raffaele Tramontana

Pasquale Cennamo
Don Gennaro
Ubaldo Granata
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