The Secret of Santa Vittoria
(1969)
In the beginning there was Bombolini the fool, Bombolini the drunk, Bombolini the joke. In the end there was Bombolini the mayor, Bombolini the hero, Bombolini the beautiful. In between is the secret of Santa Vittoria.
Stars: Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger, Sergio Franchi
Director: Stanley Kramer
Writer: William Rose
Language: English
Studio: United Artists
Duration: 139
Rated: PG-13
DVD Release: May 2008
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. He can't get down and someone gets the crowd to chant his name to give him confidence. The Fascist town council hears this and believes that he is the town's new leader. They surrender to him and make him the new mayor. He rises to the occasion and when he finds that the Germans plan to occupy his town and take their wine (over a million bottles) he works out a plan to hide it.
Anthony Quinn | Bombolini |
Anna Magnani | Rosa |
Virna Lisi | Caterina |
Hardy Krüger | Capt. von Prum |
Sergio Franchi | Tufa |
Renato Rascel | Babbaluche |
Giuseppe Rotunno | Cinematographer |
Earle Herdan | Editor |
Giancarlo Giannini | Fabio |
Peter Kuiper | Feldwebel Traub |
Patrizia Valturri | Angela |
Robert Crichton | Original Story |
Eduardo Ciannelli | Luigi |
Ernest Gold | Music |
Leopoldo Trieste | Vittorini |
Gigi Ballista | Padre Polenta |
William A. Lyon | Editor |
Quinto Parmeggiani | Copa |
Carlo Caprioli | Giovanni Pietrosanto |
Robert Clatworthy | Production Design |
Joe King | Costume Design |
Francesco Mulé | Francucci |
Wolfgang Jansen | Sgt. Zopf |
Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
Aldo De Carellis | Old Vines |
Danny Lee | Special Effects |
Marco Tulli | Mazzola |
Chris Anders | Cpl. Heinsick |
Dieter Wilken | Hans |
Karl-Otto Alberty | Otto |
Luigi Bonos | Benedetti |
Clelia Matania | |
Pippo Lauricella | Pulci |
Carlo Capannelle | Capoferro |
Renato Chiantoni | Bracolini |
Pino Ferrara | Dr. Bara |
Curt Lowens | Col. Scheer |
Tim Donnelly | Holtzmann |
Richard Benson | Bit Part |
Valentina Cortese | Gabriella |
Alberto De Rossi | makeup artist: Italy |
Franco Cirino | assistant director: Italy |
Ray Gosnell Jr. | assistant director (as Ray Gosnell) |
Joe LaBella | property master (as Joe La Bella) |
Ferdinando Ruffo | set decorator: Italian crew |
Aldo De Martino | mike boom: Italy |
David Hildyard | sound |
Clem Portman | sound re-recordist |
Genre: Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 1.0
IMDb: 0064952