foreign worker

The Swindlers (1959)

Poster for The Swindlers

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Francesco Rosi
  • Profile picture of Alberto Sordi
    Totonno Alberto Sordi
  • Profile picture of Belinda Lee
    Paula Meyer Belinda Lee
  • Profile picture of Renato Salvatori
    Mario Balducci Renato Salvatori
  • Profile picture of Nino Vingelli
    Vincenzo Nino Vingelli
  • Profile picture of Aldo Giuffrè
    Armando Aldo Giuffrè
  • Profile picture of Aldo Bufi Landi
    Rodolfo Valentino Aldo Bufi Landi
  • Profile picture of Josef Dahmen
    Herr Mayer Josef Dahmen
  • Profile picture of Pasquale Cennamo
    Don Gennaro Pasquale Cennamo

Recommendations

  • Poster for I'm Starting from Three
  • Poster for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  • Poster for Il gaucho
  • Poster for The Challenge
  • Poster for Greyfriars Bobby
  • Poster for Napolitaners
  • Poster for ...And Suddenly It's Murder!
  • Poster for Amores Perros

Keywords

  • foreign worker