Word: german
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Divorced. Brigitte Bardot, 35, durable cinema sex kitten; from Günter Sachs, 36, wealthy West German playboy; on grounds of incompatibility; in Lenzerheide, Switzerland...
Divorced. Dr. Sam Sheppard, 45, Cleveland osteopath who spent almost ten years in prison for the murder of his first wife before a retrial led to his acquittal in 1966; by Ariane Tebbenjo-hanns Sheppard, 40, German divorcee and Dr. Sam's prison pen pal, who claims to have spent over $200,000 in the fight to clear his name; on grounds of gross neglect; after five years of marriage, no children; in Cleveland...
...secret of Santa Vittoria is hidden wine. The German army moves into Italy and a small contingent is sent to take away the wine. For the villagers, their wine is like the sacred blood of ancestors. Every day they work in the fields tending grapes. In a collective brainstorm the village manages to hide the wine before the Germans arrive. The rest of Stanley's Kramer film shows the conflict between the Germans' systematic force and the Italians' slippery deception. The Italians win. The Germans leave empty-handed...
Anthony Quinn plays the part of Bombolini. His performance is masterful, but Bombolini lacks the depth of Zorba. As a result, one sees only the exuberant, happy-go-lucky, lighter side of Oumn's talents. Still, he does marvelous things with his face. Since the Germans expect him to lie, Bombolini must seem to lie about some things, without giving away the secret of the wine. In these scenes between the German commander and Bombolini, Quinn grins and grimaces, feigns shock and disbelief, moans, sighs and laughs. Anything to save the wine...
...Quinn-Magnani interaction is powerful. This relationship is the most real thing in a movie which approaches fairytale. A smile from her means kilowatts more than all the other love scenes in the movie. Apart from these two oppositions-Quinn and the German, Quinn and Magnani-the movie is unexciting. The photography is not interesting. The love scenes are embarrassingly cliched...