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The Secret of Santa Vittoria is a 1969 American war film distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and co-produced by George Glass from a screenplay by Ben Maddow and William Rose. It was based on the best-selling 1966 novel by Robert Crichton.
Feb 27, 1970 · The Secret of Santa Vittoria: Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger. During WWII in Italy, a wine-producing village hides a million bottles from the Germans.
Based on the true story of an Italian village that hid its wine from occupying German forces, and probably derived from Crichton's own experiences as an American infantryman fighting his way up Italy, The Secret of Santa Vittoria painted a rich tableau of foreign life for notoriously parochial American readers.
In Santa Vittoria, an Italian town renowned for its vineyards, the residents discover that the occupying Nazi troops plan to take all their wine for themselves.
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Mar 20, 2020 · The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani and Virna Lisi.
In Santa Vittoria, an Italian town renowned for its vineyards, the residents discover that the occupying Nazi troops plan to take all their wine for themselves.
Directed by the great Stanley Kramer, The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) is the picaresque tale of a small Italian town during WWII who defy the invading German army by hiding their greatest treasure... a secret cache of a million bottles of wine!
The Secret of Santa Vittoria. When villagers hear that the retreating Nazis will be coming through their town, they hide 1 million bottles of wine in an old Roman cave. When the SS arrive, they threaten death to anyone who withholds the wine. 342 IMDb 7.3 2 h 19 min 1969. X-Ray PG-13.
During WWII in Italy, a wine-producing village hides a million bottles from the Germans. Bombolini is a fairly-worthless drunk in the small Italian town of Santa Vittoria in the closing days of World War II. When word comes that the Fascist government has surrendered, he climbs a water tower to tear down the flag.
Incompetent mayor Italo Bombolini rises to the occasion when his small Italian town is threatened by approaching Nazis planning to seize the town’s supply of valuable wine near the end of World War II.
