We Want the Colonels
We Want the Colonels

We Want the Colonels

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1973
1h 42m
6.7(36 votes)
Comedy

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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42 members
Acting

Ugo Tognazzi

On. Giuseppe Tritoni

Ugo Tognazzi
Acting

Claude Dauphin

Il Presidente della Repubblica

Claude Dauphin
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Duilio Del Prete

Monsignor Sartorello

Duilio Del Prete
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Giuseppe Maffioli

Colonnello Barbacane

Giuseppe Maffioli
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Carla Tatò

Marcella Bassi-Lega

Carla Tatò
Acting

François Périer

On. Gigino Di Cori

François Périer
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Lino Puglisi

On. Li Masi

Lino Puglisi
Directing

Pino Zac

Armando Caffè

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Tino Bianchi

On. Mazzante

Tino Bianchi
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Antonino Faà di Bruno

Colonnello Ribaud

Antonino Faà di Bruno
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Vincenzo Falanga

Tarcisio "Ciccio" Introna

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Writing

Giancarlo Fusco

Colonnello Furas

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Barbara Herrera

Contessa Amelia Di Amatrice

Barbara Herrera
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Renzo Marignano

Tenente Branzino

Renzo Marignano
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Camillo Milli

Colonnello Aguzzo

Camillo Milli
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Alberto Postorino

il colonnello strabico

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Gianni Solaro

On. Cicero

Gianni Solaro
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Pietro Tordi

Generale Bassi-Lega

Pietro Tordi
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Max Turilli

Colonnello Turzilli

Max Turilli
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Salvatore Biliardo

Colonnello Automatikos

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Bruno Boschetti

Unknown Role

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Pietro Biondi

Professor Pube

Pietro Biondi
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Giuseppe Castellano

Franz Cavicchia

Giuseppe Castellano
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Luciano Catenacci

benzinaio

Luciano Catenacci
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Mico Cundari

On. Ferlingeri

Mico Cundari
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Vittorio De Bisogno

figlio di DI Cori

Vittorio De Bisogno
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Belisario De Matteis

Generale Pariglia

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Gaspare

Ulisse

Gaspare
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Mario Frera

ufficiale di polizia

Mario Frera
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Rosanna Gherardi

Cristiana Tallone

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Enzo Guarini

Unknown Role

Enzo Guarini
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Enzo La Torre

Unknown Role

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Carla Mancini

Unknown Role

Carla Mancini
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Mauro Misul

Urbini

Mauro Misul
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Franco Moraldi

Alfonsone

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Lino Murolo

Unknown Role

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Loris Zanchi

On. Bertoni

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Luigi Lenner

Ing. Stainer

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Francesco Anniballi

cameriere

Francesco Anniballi
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Angelo Boscariol

Unknown Role

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Gianni Baghino

Unknown Role

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Ugo Ballester

New President of Italy (uncredited)

Ugo Ballester

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