Description: | SYNOPSIS:Wild Is the Wind co-stars Anthony Quinn (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life, The Guns of Navarone) and Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo, Rome Open City, Bellissima, L'Amore) are reunited as Italo and Rosa, the battling Bombolinis, in director Stanley Kramer's (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Judgment at Nuremberg, Inherit the Wind, The Defiant Ones) The Secret of Santa Vittoria. After the fall of Mussolini, Italo, Santa Vittoria's most bedraggled citizen, is appointed mayor by the resigning Fascist leadership. When the German army led by Captain Sepp von Prum (Hardy Kruger, Flight of the Phoenix, Barry Lyndon, Hatari!) arrives in search of the spoils of war, the townsfolk must concoct a scheme to conceal their most valuable treasure, a million bottles of wine. The Secret of Santa Vittoria also stars Virna Lisi (How to Murder Your Wife, Queen Margot, Beyond Good and Evil), Giancarlo Giannini (Swept Away, Seven Beauties), Karl-Otto Alberty (The Great Escape), Eduardo Ciannelli (Gunga Din), singer Sergio Franchi, and is photographed by the legendary Giuseppi Rotunno (All That Jazz, Fellini Satyricon)." DETAILS:- FORMAT: BLU-RAY
- GENRE: Drama
- RATING: PG-13
- RUNTIME: 140 minutes
- LANGUAGE: Engl
- DISC COUNT: 1
- YEAR: 1969
- REGION: A
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
NOTABLE TALENT:ACTORS: Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Kruger, Giancarlo Giannini, Karl-Otto Alberty, Renato Rascel, Sergio Franchi, Eduardo Ciannelli, Leopoldo Trieste DIRECTOR: Stanley Kramer The Secret Of Santa Vittoria BLU-RAYIn 1943, small-town mayor Italo Bombolini (Anthony Quinn) was regarded by his constituents as a clod installed by Mussolini adherents. That would change when retreating German soldiers threatened to rob the village of it's priceless cache of vintage wine, and Bombolini responded by leading an elaborate operation to hide a million bottles in a nearby cave. Director Stanley Kramer's charming comedy from the Robert Crichton novel co-stars Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger, Sergio Franchi. 140 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. |