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.
| Production | Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Sound | Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Writing | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Francesco Rosi | Director |
| Production | Lucio Orlandini | Unit Manager |
| Production | Pietro Notarianni | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jette Arlt | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Art | Dieter Bartels | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graziella Urbinati | Costume Design |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Osvaldo Massimi | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Riccardo Caneva | Administration |
| Directing | Roberto Pariante | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
| Production | Orazio Tassara | Production Manager |
| Camera | Aiace Parolin | Camera Operator |
| Production | Gino Millozza | Production Manager |
| Camera | G.B. Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Jerzy Macc | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rinaldo Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Story |
| Writing | Francesco Rosi | Story |
| Production | Aldo Pomilia | Assistant Production Manager |
