The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Stanley Kramer (director)
Robert Crichton (novel)
William Rose, Ben Maddow (screenwriters)
Anthony Quinn, Vimi Lisi, Hardy Kruger, Sergio Franchi (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1969 film, one showing director Stanley Kramer with actors Anthony Quinn and Hardy Kruger, and one showing Quinn and an unknown man playing chess on a small portable set. With the stamp of Roman Press Photo on the verso, along with two printed mimeo snipes.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

Based on the 1966 novel by Robert Crichton. A group of poor Italian winemaking villagers attempts to hide their substantial stashes of wine from the newly arrived German army.

Set in Santa Vittoria, and shot on location in Anticoli Corrado, Italy.

One photograph 7.5 x 10.25 inches, the other 7.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine, one with light creasing to the top right corner.


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