We Want the Colonels (Italian: Vogliamo i colonnelli) is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered in the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. It is a satire of the attempted far-right Borghese Coup.
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Plot
Giuseppe Tritoni is a parliament member from Livorno by a far-right party and despite disagreeing with his comrades he decides to organize a coup d'état, which however is foiled by the Minister of the Interior, Li Masi, which organizes another one in his turn. Tritoni then tries to kidnap the president of the republic but the latter loses his life due to a heart attack and Li Masi is seen by the Italian people as the potential savior of the homeland. Tritoni will eventually surrender, but his plans will be recycled in some African countries.
Cast
Ugo Tognazzi as Giuseppe Tritoni
Tino Bianchi as On. Mazzante
Claude Dauphin as President of Italy
Duilio Del Prete as Mons. Giampaolino Sartorello
Antonino Faà di Bruno as Col. Vittorio Emanuele Ribaud
Vincenzo Falanga as Ciccio Introna
Gian Carlo Fusco as Col. Gavino Furas
Barbara Herrera as Amelia D'Amatrice
Giuseppe Maffioli as Col. Pino Barbacane
Renzo Marignano as Ten. Branzino
Camillo Milli as Col. Elpidio Aguzzo
François Périer as On. Di Cori
Lino Puglisi as On. Salvato Li Masi
Gianni Solaro as On. Cicero
Carla Tatò as Marcella Bassi Lega
Pietro Tordi as Gen. Bassi Lega
Stavros Tornes
Max Turilli as Col. Quintiliano Turzilli
Pino Zac as Armando Caffè