We Want the Colonels (1973)
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!
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 2.45 |
Directed By
Mario Monicelli
Crew
Agenore Incrocci
Carlo Rustichelli
Alberto Spagnoli
Furio Scarpelli
Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli
Antonio Sarno
Piero Tosi
Agenore Incrocci
Mario D'Alessio
Emilio Loffredo
Vittorio Massi
Furio Scarpelli
Mario Monicelli
Piero Tosi
Lorenzo Baraldi
Ruggero Mastroianni
Paola Carlozzi
Pio Angeletti
Luciano Vito
Adriano De Micheli
Stefano Bolzoni
Alberto Tinebra
Alexander Blonksteiner
Claudio Risi
Lidia Pascolini
Pierantonio Mecacci
Carlo Vanzina
TOP CAST
Ugo Tognazzi
On. Giuseppe Tritoni
Claude Dauphin
Il Presidente della Repubblica
Duilio Del Prete
Monsignor Sartorello
Giuseppe Maffioli
Colonnello Barbacane
Carla Tatò
Marcella Bassi-Lega
François Périer
On. Gigino Di Cori
Lino Puglisi
On. Li Masi
Pino Zac
Armando Caffè
Tino Bianchi
On. Mazzante
Antonino Faà di Bruno
Colonnello Ribaud
Vincenzo Falanga
Tarcisio "Ciccio" Introna
Giancarlo Fusco
Colonnello Furas
Barbara Herrera
Contessa Amelia Di Amatrice
Renzo Marignano
Tenente Branzino
Camillo Milli
Colonnello Aguzzo
Alberto Postorino
il colonnello strabico
Gianni Solaro
On. Cicero
Pietro Tordi
Generale Bassi-Lega
Max Turilli
Colonnello Turzilli
Salvatore Biliardo
Colonnello Automatikos
Pietro Biondi
Professor Pube
Giuseppe Castellano
Franz Cavicchia
Luciano Catenacci
benzinaio
Mico Cundari
On. Ferlingeri
Vittorio De Bisogno
figlio di DI Cori
Belisario De Matteis
Generale Pariglia
Nino Formicola
Ulisse
Mario Frera
ufficiale di polizia
Rosanna Gherardi
Cristiana Tallone
Mauro Misul
Urbini
Franco Moraldi
Alfonsone
Loris Zanchi
On. Bertoni
Luigi Lenner
Ing. Stainer
Francesco Anniballi
cameriere
Ugo Ballester
New President of Italy (uncredited)
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