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.
Unfortunately the movie The Swindlers is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Sound | Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Francesco Rosi | Director |
| Production | Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Production | Pietro Notarianni | Line Producer |
| Production | Lucio Orlandini | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Art | Dieter Bartels | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graziella Urbinati | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jette Arlt | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Story |
| Camera | G.B. Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Production | Riccardo Caneva | Administration |
| Production | Orazio Tassara | Production Manager |
| Directing | Rinaldo Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roberto Pariante | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Osvaldo Massimi | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Gino Millozza | Production Manager |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Story |
| Camera | Aiace Parolin | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Jerzy Macc | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Aldo Pomilia | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
