Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing 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.
又名《布商》。取材真实事件，富有社会意识，以新现实主义风格反映了有关黑手党对移民的暴力行为。
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing 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 o...
实在看不下去，像是好几个电影混在一起，而且到底这些意大利人说的是什么语言……
几年前加这片到时的激动现在看来是自行脑补过度，没有Sordi就是个混乱的三星，有了Sordi嘛。。。
影片受战后美国社会电影的影响，虽以阿登纳后期的西德为背景，导演仍通过移民工人在汉诺威和汉堡的谋生经历反映意大利南部包括克莫拉组织在内紧迫的社会文化问题，重点关注有组织犯罪的阴影和移民工人遭受的剥削。与男性群体为确保利益和领地进行的较量与协商相比，后半段男女感情线索的处理仅作陪衬。
