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The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)

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Critic Reviews: 3
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Italo Bombolini (Anthony Quinn) is the mayor of the hillside village of Santa Vittorio. The wine-loving town leader erases a pro-Mussolini slogan when he hears of the fascist being killed and hanged from a meathook. His wife Rosa (Anna Magnani) throws him out of their wine shop when he and his friends celebrate and he gives away too much wine. When he hears the retreating Nazi Army will soon be in town, hundreds of villagers turn out to hide the wine in an old Roman cave. The people work day and

PG,

Drama, Classics, Comedy

William Rose, Ben Maddow

May 13, 2008

United Artists

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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

Carrying charm, suspense, romance, the production offers Anthony Quinn at his seasoned best, a plot and unfoldment that holds the spectator.

November 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety
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Lost without a message to sledgehammer home, Kramer turned to bombastic comedy with this World War II yarn.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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There's not one affecting, surprising or spontaneous moment in the picture.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times
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An amusing WW II story.

November 7, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Quinn, as always, is the highlight in this fine Stanley Kramer production.

July 27, 2006
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

The sort of film you usually fall asleep in front of on a Sunday afternoon -- later to wish you'd stayed awake for the outcome.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4
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Audience Reviews for The Secret of Santa Vittoria

A charming cast invigorates this predictable tale of small town Italian mountain villagers outwitting the mean old greedy Nazis at the end of WWll, hiding a lot of wine that the Krauts want to appropriate. Quinn, Magnani, and Giannini shine.
August 31, 2012
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This is a thoroughly charming little movie. I'd never heard of it and didn't know what it was at all going into it, but the characters really captured my attention, especially Anthony Quinn as Bombolini. The subplot with the Contessa and the soldier was uninteresting and unnecessary, but it took up only a tiny portion of the movie, and the rest of it told a great story.
July 14, 2011
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Foreign Titles

  • The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1698) (DE)
  • The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1698) (UK)
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