The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) on Netflix
In 1943 the German army moves to occupy Italy, and the wine town of Santa Vittoria learns the troops intend to seize its stock. New mayor Italo Bombolini organizes the hiding.
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Plot summary
It is the summer of 1943. The German army is moving to occupy much of Italy after the fall of the Fascist government, and the hill town of Santa Vittoria, which earns its living from wine, learns that the occupation forces intend to seize most of it. The townspeople organize under Italo Bombolini, whom the town's pro-Mussolini politicians had installed as mayor only days earlier, hoping to turn the people's anger aside, and whom everyone, his wife Rosa included, had taken for a buffoon. Together the villagers seal a million bottles inside the galleries of an old Roman cave before a German detachment under Captain Sepp Von Prum reaches the town. The Germans plan to confiscate most of the bottles left out for them to find.
Cast
- Peter Kuiperas Feldwebel Traub
- Sergio Franchias Tufa
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
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- Co-screenwriter Ben Maddow said the script for The Secret of Santa Vittoria was already written when he joined the project and that William Rose did not want to bother making changes, so he was "just along for the ride." Maddow also called the finished film "terrible."
