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!
00:09:17 Tell Totonno to sort himself out or not to set foot in here again.
00:13:17 Hey, now I'll try to get you in. If I introduce you, maybe they'll give you a job.
00:16:02 Get him a shave, Gennaro.
00:19:50 Our good professor Gustav is no longer with us... he's dead!
00:23:06 - Here you are, I finally found you... oh God! - Oh my God!
00:26:18 "In delicatessen frizione". Slowly... lightly...
00:29:25 See, that's my friend. Look at the car he has.
00:34:17 "Money"? Go see the Americans, it's those who have the "Money"!
00:40:41 - Who's that? - He's some kid, a new one.
00:44:06 When she went to Brooklyn she made even the best gangsters cry.
00:48:25 ... come with me, speak to who you need to speak to, and put everything right. Then come back here to your friends.
00:53:57 - Where do you know her from? - I don't know, I saw her one day...
00:57:07 What's she up to? Did she come to check up on us?
01:03:12 Oh, I don't have any change! Can you change this, please.
01:10:56 Here, before, there was a man called Stefanowski, a Pole.
01:14:30 How should I know if someone's a gypsy?
01:21:11 Hello! What are you doing all alone? You don't want to try something new?
01:26:15 I know how to be a salesman...
01:31:22 It just so happens that someone might be onto us.
01:36:42 From now on orders will be given solely from Mr. Tramontano.
01:41:47 ... and buy the protection of Martinez...
01:45:21 I've always earned money with my hands.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed940
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:01:10
Final line01:45:21
Production Record
DirectorFrancesco Rosi
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes633