The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria is a 1969 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 novel by Robert Crichton. The music score was by Ernest Gold and the cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno. The film stars Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger, and Sergio Franchi. It also features Renato Rascel, Giancarlo Giannini, and Eduardo Ciannelli; with Valentina Cortese making an uncredited appearance. It was almost entirely shot on location in Anticoli Corrado, Italy (near Rome). The world premiere was held in Los Angeles, USA on October 20, 1969. Television coverage included a special split-screen selection during The Joey Bishop Show. Army Archerd, Regis Philbin and Buddy Hackett interviewed Stanley Kramer, Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, and Sergio Franchi from Los Angeles. The premiere was held to benefit the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, with Gregory Peck as chairman. The event ended with a celebration at the Century Plaza Hotel. This was selected as the opening-night film for the 13th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival. The festival ran from October 23, 1969 until November 2, 1969.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
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1969
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Italo Bombolini:
"Mathematically"! If I only had a mind like his. *Math-ay-mat-tee-cally*!

Italo Bombolini:
It's nice to have a hot meal before you die.

Rosa Bombolini:
You aren't going to die.

Italo Bombolini:
I'm the mayor, no? The Germans come. I greet them. They threaten me! I spit in their face! They put a pistol to my head and blow out my brains!

Rosa Bombolini:
Why would they put a pistol to your head? The whole world knows Bombolini's brains are in his ass.

[the Fascist members of the Santa Vittoria town council are being held prisoner in the church bell tower. The priest brings them a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine]

Francucci:
It's criminal! You keep us locked up! We don't get enough food! You tell us nothing! There's not even a toilet!

Priest:
Next time, vote Communist!

[Young Fabio has been caught making love to Bombolini's daughter, Angela]

Italo Bombolini:
I'm going to punish that boy so that he remembers it for the rest of his life.

[In the next scene, Fabio and Angela leave the church, having just been married]

Italo Bombolini:
[the town council wants to resist German occupation] Every Santa Vittorian has known for the last thousand years: brave men and good wine - they don't last long.

Priest:
[Bombolini wants the priest to pray for the rain to stop while the villagers move the wine] Nobody ever prays for sun, they only pray for rain.

Babbaluche:
In Noah's ark people prayed for rain?

Priest:
That was before organised religion.

Babbaluche:
Sure, all they had was God, the poor bastards.

Italo Bombolini:
[Repeated line] There is no wine.

Benito Mussolini:
[written on the wall in the village] "It is better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep. Benito Mussolini"

Italo Bombolini:
[written underneath it] "It is better to live 100 years. Italo Bombalini"

Italo Bombolini:
[a drunken Italo Bombolini yells to the crowd, while sitting on top of the water tower:] What do you want? Go on home. Go on home. Your lunch is ready.

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