Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973)

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. *** SPOILER *** 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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Summary Details
Running Time1 hr 38 min
GenresComedy
FilmmakersRole
Mario Monicelli Director
Agenore Incrocci Writer
Furio Scarpelli Writer
Mario Monicelli Writer
Pio Angeletti Producer
Adriano De Micheli Producer
Carlo Rustichelli Composer
Alberto Spagnoli Cinematographer
Ruggero Mastroianni Editor
CastRole
Ugo Tognazzi
Claude Dauphin
Duilio Del Prete
Giuseppe Maffioli