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The Swindlers

The Swindlers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 23, 1959

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Drama

User Score

62%

Original Title

I magliari

Production Companies

Titanus, Vides Cinematografica, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)

Director

Francesco Rosi

Description

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.