The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Twilight Time

Producer-director Stanley Kramer’s The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) gives us a tale set towards the close of World War II: a warm-hearted comedy with dramatic touches handsomely represented by a potent cast including Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, and Hardy Krüger. Quinn plays the mayor of an Italian winemaking village that finds its age-old economy imperiled as the Nazis close in, determined to plunder a million-bottle cache of valuable vino; the villagers are just as determined to keep their treasure safe. Gorgeously supported by an Oscar®-nominated score from Ernest Gold, available on this Twilight Time release as an isolated track.