THE SWINDLERS
synopsis
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing 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.
international title: | The Swindlers |
original title: | I magliari |
country: | Italy, France |
year: | 1959 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Francesco Rosi |
film run: | 119' |
release date: | IT 23/09/1959, ES 07/1960, DE 14/04/1961, BE 01/12/1961, FI 26/01/1962, SE 19/02/1969, FR 14/10/1979 |
screenplay: | Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Francesco Rosi |
cast: | Alberto Sordi, Belinda Lee, Renato Salvatori, Nino Vingelli, Aldo Giuffrè, Aldo Bufi Landi, Nino Di Napoli, Salvatore Cafiero, Pasquale Cennamo, Ubaldo Granata |
cinematography by: | Gianni Di Venanzo |
film editing: | Mario Serandrei |
costumes designer: | Graziella Urbinati |
music: | Piero Piccioni |
producer: | Franco Cristaldi |