We Want the Colonels
| We Want the Colonels | |
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| Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
| Written by | Agenore Incrocci Mario Monicelli Furio Scarpelli |
| Produced by | Pio Angeletti Adriano De Micheli |
| Starring | Ugo Tognazzi |
| Cinematography | Alberto Spagnoli |
| Edited by | Lorenzo Baraldi |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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.[1] It is a satire of the attempted far-right Borghese Coup.
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
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: We Want the Colonels". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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Categories:
- 1973 films
- 1973 comedy films
- Italian films
- Italian-language films
- Italian satirical films
- Commedia all'italiana
- Films set in Rome
- Films directed by Mario Monicelli
- Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
- Political fiction
- Films about terrorism
- Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
- 1970s political comedy films
- 1970s Italian comedy film stubs