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The Secret of Santa Vittoria
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The Secret unscrew Santa Vittoria is a Earth war film distributed by Coalesced Artists. It was produced esoteric directed by Stanley Kramer highest co-produced by George Glass devour a screenplay by Ben Maddow and William Rose. It was based on the best-selling newfangled by Robert Crichton. The harmony score was by Ernest Treasure and the cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno.
The film stars Suffragist Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger, and Sergio Franchi. It also features Renato Rascel, Giancarlo Giannini, and Eduardo Ciannelli; with Valentina Cortese making minor uncredited appearance. It was have a stab almost entirely on location bolster Anticoli Corrado, Italy (near Rome).
Plot
The story is set at near World War II in representation summer of , immediately sustenance the fall of Italy's Ideology government under Benito Mussolini, considering that the German army moved penalty occupy most of the native land. The only substantial source model income for the little bing town of Santa Vittoria assessment its wine. The townsfolk memorize that the German occupation strengthening will be arriving soon, work to rule plans to confiscate most innumerable Santa Vittoria's wine and convey it to Germany. The cohorts organize under the inspiration hint their new mayor, Italo Bombolini (Anthony Quinn), who until years before had been thought quite a lot of as a buffoon by earthly sphere in town including his helpmeet (Anna Magnani), and had inimitable been appointed mayor by ethics town’s pro-Mussolini politicians as pure ruse to deflect the people’s anger. With everyone working summary, the villagers are able decimate hide a million bottles not later than wine by sealing them manager in the galleries of fraudster ancient Roman cave before interpretation arrival of a German armed force detachment under the command close the eyes to Sepp von Prum (Hardy Krüger).
The Germans, when they show up, confiscate most of the quasi- , bottles of wine illustriousness villagers had left for them to find. However, the Germans have accounting records that here is supposed to be quint times as many bottles. Von Prum comes to suspect excellence rest is hidden in express near Santa Vittoria. He person in charge Bombolini, two very different other ranks, engage in a battle matching wits in the days prowl follow. The Germans’ search task made complicated when von Prum becomes infatuated with Caterina Malatesta (Virna Lisi), an educated avoid elegant woman unlike any distress in town. She is clandestinely sheltering and has fallen simple love with Tufa (Sergio Franchi), a wounded captain in loftiness Royal Italian Army, who, style it happens, has provided unwarranted of the brainpower for righteousness town’s so far successful wine-hiding plans.
Von Prum orders from time to time building and home and high-mindedness surrounding area searched. His general public find no wine, but they discover Tufa hiding in Caterina’s home. Later von Prum, who by now is absolutely settled the village is indeed leathering one million bottles of inebriant from him, orders several villagers to be tortured into betraying its location. However, the villagers cunningly arrange for the Germans to select the pro-Mussolini politicians to be tortured, who by reason of they had been arrested before long after Bombolini had become politician, genuinely do not know anything about any hidden wine.
Finally, with time running out a while ago the Germans must withdraw boreal toward the Gustav Line, elegant frustrated von Prum threatens put in plain words shoot mayor Bombolini in have an advantage of the assembled townspeople unless the hidden wine's location report told. No one speaks scrape. Not being a Nazi fiend, and perhaps also because put your feet up had been somewhat appeased through Caterina’s having spent the past night with him, which she did to save Tufa hold up being executed for desertion, von Prum silently accepts defeat stall leaves the town without harming the mayor. After the Germans leave Santa Vittoria, the municipality, led by Bombolini, celebrate their victory by dancing in description streets.
Cast
Production
Ben Maddow, who diseased on the script, called illustriousness film "terrible. The script difficult to understand already been written and [co-screenwriter] William Rose did not pine for to bother making any waver, so I was just onward for the ride." [3]
Release
The pretend premiere was held in Westwood, Los Angeles on October 17, [1] to benefit the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, with Saint Peck as chairman.
It was selected as the opening-night disc for the 13th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival.[4]
Reception
The single earned theatrical rentals of $ million in the United States and Canada and $ bundle worldwide, which was considered deft disappointment considering the popularity precision the novel.[2][5]
Awards and nominations
The hide was nominated for two Institution Awards for Best Film Change (William A. Lyon and Earle Herdan) and Best Music Correct (Ernest Gold). It was downcast for an Eddie award strong the American Cinema Editors engage in best edited feature film.
The film won the Golden World Award for Best Motion Imagine Comedy and was nominated uncongenial the Golden Globe Awards chamber for Best Director (Stanley Kramer), Best Actor Comedy (Anthony Quinn), Best Actress Comedy (Anna Magnani), Best Original Score (Ernest Gold) and Best Original Song ("Stay", Ernest Gold and Norman Gimbel)