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
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
Unknown
Salvatore Cafiero
Unknown
Carmine Ippolito
Don Raffaele Tramontana
Pasquale Cennamo
Don Gennaro
Ubaldo Granata
Unknown
Crew
Francesco Rosi
Director, Screenplay, Story
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Screenplay
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay, Story
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
Jerzy Macc
First Assistant Director
Rinaldo Ricci
First Assistant Director
Roberto Pariante
Second Assistant Director
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Pietro Notarianni
Line Producer
Dieter Bartels
Production Design
Aiace Parolin
Camera Operator
Osvaldo Massimi
Assistant Camera
Graziella Urbinati
Costume Design
Jette Arlt
Makeup Artist
Kurt Doubrowsky
Sound
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer
G.B. Poletto
Still Photographer
Orazio Tassara
Production Manager
Gino Millozza
Production Manager
Aldo Pomilia
Assistant Production Manager
Lucio Orlandini
Unit Manager
Riccardo Caneva
Administration
