Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: film is set during World War II in aftermath of fall of Italy 's Fascist government under Benito Mussolini, Fact2: German army uses ensuing political vacuum to occupy most of country, Fact3: townspeople organize under inspiration of major Bombolini, Fact4: Germans obey orders and leave, Fact5: Prum threatens to shoot Bombolini in front of assembled townspeople
Output (English): The film is set during World War II in the summer of 1943, in the aftermath of the fall of Italys Fascist government under Benito Mussolini. The German army uses the ensuing political vacuum to occupy most of the country. The winemaking hill town of Santa Vittoria learns that the German occupation forces want to steal all of Santa Vittorias wine and take it back to Germany. The townspeople organize under the inspiration of their major, Italo Bombolini Anthony Quinn. They are able to hide a million bottles of wine by sealing them up in the galleries of an ancient Roman cave before the arrival of a German army detachment under the command of Sepp von Prum Hardy Kruger. The Germans are given thousands of bottles of wine to appease them, but von Prum comes to suspect that there are many more hidden somewhere in Santa Vittoria. The two very different men engage in a battle of wits in the days to come. Von Prum orders every building and home searched, but his men find nothing. Finally, with time running out before the Germans must obey their orders and leave, a frustrated von Prum threatens to shoot mayor Bombolini in front of the assembled townspeople unless the hidden wines location is given up. No one speaks up. Not being a Nazi fanatic, von Prum silently accepts defeat and leaves the hill town without harming the mayor. After the Germans leave Santa Vittoria, the townspeople, led by Bombolini, celebrate their victory by dancing in the streets.