The Swindlers
1959 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 633 VOTES · DIR. Francesco Rosi
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.
Dialogue Timeline - 940 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:10 THE MAGLIARI
00:05:55 With the one thing I did manage to obtain. Here! A kilo of documents and a passport!
00:09:46 Kid?
00:13:27 What would we sell if it weren't for them?
00:16:28 - Listen to the little birds, listen! - Yeah, the little birds...
00:20:10 Kind lady, I offer my condolences, the mortality of death...
00:23:26 I will be disabled for the rest of my life. It hurts so much, how unlucky could I possibly be!?
00:26:47 "Ich spazire", I'm walking! The pain is gone. It must have been the ointment!
00:29:59 Take it, this is the what you deserve, your cut, because you took me there. What's right is right.
00:34:40 Come on, let's go.
00:41:12 I don't think he'll be back any time soon, he was leaving with all his suitcases.
00:44:49 He worked without being disturbed...
00:51:09 Always without shoes... without a jacket.
00:55:01 - So how are we going to sell all this stuff? - We need to sell it!
00:58:18 - Shut it! She understands Italian, you know! - Yeah, it's better if she understands.
01:04:27 ... and that the only difference between her and me is a difference in age.
01:11:44 What do you want to do, ask these guys to let us work?
01:17:03 - Where? - I'm going for a walk, to get some air. - Ah, stay here, where are you going?
01:22:21 - What a night! My son didn't sleep a wink. - It must be the air.
01:28:11 Mayer! What do you want to do? Are you going to call or shall I?
01:32:50 Don't worry, I know you're defending me...
01:38:46 I treat you like a bank...
01:43:16 Excuse me, where are you going? Wherever I want!
41:00:02 paid up front so that comes to 390. Three, nine, zero!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed940
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:01:10
Final line41:00:02
Production Record
DirectorFrancesco Rosi
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes633