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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.
- $6.5 million (rentals)
- Ernest Gold
- $6.3 million
- Stanley Kramer, Associate producer, George Glass
Feb 27, 1970 · A comedy drama war film about a small Italian town that hides a million bottles of wine from the Germans during WWII. Starring Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi and Hardy Kruger, directed by Stanley Kramer.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Stanley Kramer
- 1970-02-27
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.
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- Mass Market Paperback
- Robert Crichton
A 1969 comedy film about an Italian town hiding its wine from the Nazis during WWII. See the cast, crew, reviews, ratings, photos, and where to watch this movie online.
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- Stanley Kramer
- PG
- Anthony Quinn
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!
- Stanley Kramer, Franco Cirino, Ray Gosnell
- Anthony Quinn
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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.
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. 341 IMDb 7.3 2 h 19 min 1969. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Drama · Serious · Inspiring.
