His novel The Secret of Santa Vittoria was on the New York Times bestseller list for over 50 weeks, became an international bestseller, and was adapted into a Golden Globe winning film of the same name in 1969. Working on what he thinks is a "controversial" work, he lives with the brutal lives of his poor parishioners, ... Comedy When word comes that the Fascist government has surrendered, he climbs a water tower to tear down the flag. The Fascist town council hears this and believes that he is the town's new leader. Another
In the scene where she repeatedly kicked him she broke her foot. Was this review helpful to you? Their exhaustive work indicated how important and vital the wine was to the town. The music score was by Ernest Gold and the cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno. It turned out that Stanley Kramer had the same idea back in 1968. The film earned $6.5 million worldwide, which was considered a disappointment considering the popularity of the novel.
Television coverage included a special split-screen selection during This was selected as the opening-night film for the 13th Annual The story is set during World War II in the summer of 1943, immediately after the fall of Italy's Fascist government under The Germans, when they arrive, confiscate most of the three hundred and nineteen thousand bottles of wine that the villagers had left for them to find. An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife but when he neglects her, she becomes involved with his trusted assistant. Anthony Quinn may have been a bit too broad in certain scenes. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and co-produced by George Glass from a screenplay by Ben Maddow and William Rose. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards and winner of 1969 The Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Comedy.
First published in 1966, The Secret of Santa Vittoria was on the New York Times bestseller list for 50 weeks -- 18 weeks as #1 -- and became an international bestseller. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards and winner of 1969 The Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Comedy. I liked Hardy Kruger and thought there was a little more to his character than the usual one dimensional evil Nazi seen in a million other World War II films. He rises to the occasion and when he finds that the Germans plan to occupy his town and take their wine (over a million bottles) he works out a plan to hide it.Young Fabio has been caught making love to Bombolini's daughter, AngelaIn the next scene, Fabio and Angela leave the church, having just been married 14 of 18 people found this review helpful. However, the villagers cunningly arrange for the Germans to select the pro-Mussolini politicians to be tortured, who because they had been arrested shortly after Bombolini had become mayor, genuinely do not know anything about any hidden wine. Use the HTML below. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. The Secret of Santa Vittoria is more than just a wonderful comedy, it is quite dramatic & touchingly romantic as well. A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society. The Germans’ search is made complicated when von Prum becomes infatuated with Caterina Malatesta (Von Prum orders every building and home and the surrounding area searched. But the Germans have accounting records that there is supposed to be four times as many bottles. Mountain Rivera, a punchy has-been managed by the unprincipled Maish, is mauled in a fight and forced to quit boxing. No one speaks up.
The movie is a bit uneven, but I thought there were some good moments.
Bombolini is a fairly worthless drunk in the small Italian town of Santa Vittoria in the closing days of World War II. (September 13, 1969) When word comes that the Fascist government has surrendered, he climbs a water tower to tear down the flag. R.P.M. She simply steals the entire show with her masterful exuberance. His men find no wine, but they discover Tufa hiding in Caterina’s home. A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter. She simply steals the entire show with her masterful exuberance. Along the way, as is often the case in war, uncomfortable compromises are made by both sides. The village of Santa Vittoria, famous for its deep red wine, attempts to hide its considerable wine stocks from the pillaging occupation forces. It was based on the best-selling novel by Robert Crichton.