We Want the Colonels
1973, Italian. Directed by Mario Monicelli.
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!
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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Cast & crew
- Mario MonicelliDirector
- Ugo TognazziOn. Giuseppe Tritoni
- Claude DauphinIl Presidente della Repubblica
- Duilio Del PreteMonsignor Sartorello
- Giuseppe MaffioliColonnello Barbacane
- Carla TatòMarcella Bassi-Lega
- François PérierOn. Gigino Di Cori
- Lino PuglisiOn. Li Masi
- Pino ZacArmando Caffè
- Tino BianchiOn. Mazzante
- Antonino Faà di BrunoColonnello Ribaud
- Vincenzo FalangaTarcisio "Ciccio" Introna
- Giancarlo FuscoColonnello Furas
Details
- Released
- 2 March 1973
- Original title
- Vogliamo i colonnelli
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Mario Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli
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We Want the Colonels runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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We Want the Colonels isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 March 1973. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed We Want the Colonels?
We Want the Colonels (1973) was directed by Mario Monicelli and stars Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin, Duilio Del Prete.