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We Want the Colonels

Genres
Comedy
Rating
6.7
Status
Released
Release Date1973-03-02
Runtime102 min
LanguagesFrançaisItaliano
CountriesItaly
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat (Golpe). Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister (Home Secretary) Mr. Li Masi (Lino Pugliesi) got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President (Claude Dauphin) that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe! Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa!

Keywords
politics
fascism
coup d'etat
satire
military coup

Cast & Crew

poster

Ugo Tognazzi

as On. Giuseppe Tritoni

poster

Claude Dauphin

as Il Presidente della Repubblica

poster

Duilio Del Prete

as Monsignor Sartorello

poster

Giuseppe Maffioli

as Colonnello Barbacane

poster

Carla Tatò

as Marcella Bassi-Lega

poster

François Périer

as On. Gigino Di Cori

poster

Lino Puglisi

as On. Li Masi

poster

Pino Zac

as Armando Caffè

poster

Tino Bianchi

as On. Mazzante

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Antonino Faà di Bruno

as Colonnello Ribaud

Reviews

1
G

Guillermo

Dec 31, 2013

The director of this movie Mario Monicelli, who made movies and wrote scripts for more than 65 years, gives us an insight into Italian politics by presenting this satire of an attempt of a coup d'état by some fascist officers. This script was written by Agenore Incrocci who wrote more than 100 scripts and who worked practically as long as Monicelli…

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