Movie: We Want the Colonels

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi

On. Giuseppe Tritoni

Claude Dauphin
Claude Dauphin

Il Presidente della Repubblica

Duilio Del Prete
Duilio Del Prete

Monsignor Sartorello

Giuseppe Maffioli
Giuseppe Maffioli

Colonnello Barbacane

Carla Tatò
Carla Tatò

Marcella Bassi-Lega

François Périer
François Périer

On. Gigino Di Cori

Lino Puglisi
Lino Puglisi

On. Li Masi

Pino Zac
Pino Zac

Armando Caffè

Tino Bianchi
Tino Bianchi

On. Mazzante

Antonino Faà di Bruno
Antonino Faà di Bruno

Colonnello Ribaud

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    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!

  • Release Date

    1973-03-02

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

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