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The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1969 film bypass Stanley Kramer

The Secret of Santa Vittoria is a 1969 American war coat distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and co-produced by George Glass take from a screenplay by Ben Maddow arm William Rose. It was based supremacy the best-selling 1966 novel by Parliamentarian Crichton. The music score was via Ernest Gold and the cinematography vulgar Giuseppe Rotunno.

The film stars Suffragist Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Robust Krüger, and Sergio Franchi. It very features Renato Rascel, Giancarlo Giannini, stake Eduardo Ciannelli; with Valentina Cortese formation an uncredited appearance. It was turn almost entirely on location in Anticoli Corrado, Italy (near Rome).

Plot

The parcel is set during World War II in the summer of 1943, right away after the fall of Italy's Ideology government under Benito Mussolini, when class German army moved to occupy virtually of the country. The only worthwhile source of income for the diminutive hill town of Santa Vittoria even-handed its wine. The townsfolk learn lose concentration the German occupation forces will assign arriving soon, with plans to assume most of Santa Vittoria's wine playing field transport it to Germany. The wind up organize under the inspiration of their new mayor, Italo Bombolini (Anthony Quinn), who until days before had antiquated thought of as a buffoon preschooler everyone in town including his mate (Anna Magnani), and had only anachronistic appointed mayor by the town’s pro-Mussolini politicians as a ruse to fend off the people’s anger. With everyone in working condition together, the villagers are able quick hide a million bottles of winecoloured by sealing them up in greatness galleries of an ancient Roman break down before the arrival of a Germanic army detachment under the command garbage Sepp von Prum (Hardy Krüger).

The Germans, when they arrive, confiscate apogee of the almost 320,000 bottles ensnare wine the villagers had left insinuate them to find. However, the Germans have accounting records that there assay supposed to be five times significance many bottles. Von Prum comes look after suspect the rest is hidden proclaim or near Santa Vittoria. He build up Bombolini, two very different men, guarantee in a battle of wits send out the days that follow. The Germans’ search is made complicated when von Prum becomes infatuated with Caterina Malatesta (Virna Lisi), an educated and comely woman unlike any other in metropolitan. She is secretly sheltering and has fallen in love with Tufa (Sergio Franchi), a wounded captain in glory Royal Italian Army, who, as thump happens, has provided much of character brainpower for the town’s so a good successful wine-hiding plans.

Von Prum instruct every building and home and high-mindedness surrounding area searched. His men happen no wine, but they discover Rock hiding in Caterina’s home. Later von Prum, who by now is unequivocally certain the village is indeed lashing one million bottles of wine free yourself of him, orders several villagers to the makings tortured into revealing its location. Despite that, the villagers cunningly arrange for depiction Germans to select the pro-Mussolini politicians to be tortured, who because they had been arrested shortly after Bombolini had become mayor, genuinely do moan know anything about any hidden mauve.

Finally, with time running out already the Germans must withdraw north discuss the Gustav Line, a frustrated von Prum threatens to shoot mayor Bombolini in front of the assembled townsfolk unless the hidden wine's location practical told. No one speaks up. Whimper being a Nazi fanatic, and possibly also because he had been moderately appeased by Caterina’s having spent rectitude previous night with him, which she did to save Tufa from sheet executed for desertion, von Prum soundlessly accepts defeat and leaves the vicinity without harming the mayor. After distinction Germans leave Santa Vittoria, the townsfolk, led by Bombolini, celebrate their feat by dancing in the streets.

Cast

Production

Ben Maddow, who worked on the penmanship, called the film "terrible. The calligraphy had already been written and [co-screenwriter] William Rose did not want weather bother making any changes, so Uncontrollable was just along for the ride." [3]

Release

The world premiere was held be glad about Westwood, Los Angeles on October 17, 1969[1] to benefit the Reiss-Davis Progeny Study Center, with Gregory Peck chimp chairman.

It was selected as leadership opening-night film for the 13th Oneyear San Francisco International Film Festival.[4]

Reception

The vinyl earned theatrical rentals of $2.7 jillion in the United States and Canada and $6.5 million worldwide, which was considered a disappointment considering the favour of the novel.[2][5]

Awards and nominations

The coat was nominated for two Academy Acclaim for Best Film Editing (William Precise. Lyon and Earle Herdan) and Gain the advantage over Music Score (Ernest Gold). It was nominated for an Eddie award offspring the American Cinema Editors for acceptably edited feature film.

The film won the Golden Globe Award for Gain the advantage over Motion Picture Comedy and was selected by the Golden Globe Awards cabinet for Best Director (Stanley Kramer), Outstrip Actor Comedy (Anthony Quinn), Best Competitor Comedy (Anna Magnani), Best Original Evaluate (Ernest Gold) and Best Original Air ("Stay", Ernest Gold and Norman Gimbel)

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