The Swindlers (1959)
I magliari
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.
- Date of release
- 1959-09-23
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (36)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Francesco Rosi
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
I magliari is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. The film won the silver ribbon for best cinematography.
Production
Filming took place in Hamburg, Germany in April–May 1959.
It was one of a series of sexually aggressive roles Lee played in Europe.
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