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.
Directed by Francesco Rosi
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Cast
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
Pasquale Cennamo
Don Gennaro
Ubaldo Granata
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