We Want the Colonels
Original title: Vogliamo i colonnelli
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!
Top-billed cast
- AAlberto Postorino
- GGianni Solaro
- CCarla Tatò
- VVincenzo Falanga
- AAntonino Faà di Bruno
- LLuciano Catenacci
- FFranco Moraldi
- LLuigi Lenner
- LLino Murolo
- UUgo Ballester
Crew
- Director
- Mario Monicelli
- Writers
- Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci
- Producers
- Adriano De Micheli, Pio Angeletti
- Production
- Dean Film
Frequently asked questions
What is We Want the Colonels rated?
We Want the Colonels has an audience rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 35 votes.
Who directed We Want the Colonels?
We Want the Colonels was directed by Mario Monicelli.
When was We Want the Colonels released?
We Want the Colonels was released in 1973.
