Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Agenore Incrocci (writer)
Mario Monicelli (writer)

Release Date:

5 March 1973 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy...

Plot Keywords:

Golpe | Italy | Fascist | Italian Army | Italian Soldier

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi	...	Giuseppe Tritoni
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tino Bianchi	...	On. Mazzante
Claude Dauphin	...	President of Italy
Duilio Del Prete	...	Mons. Giampaolino Sartorello
Antonino Faa Di Bruno	...	Col. Ribaud
Vincenzo Falanga	...	Ciccio Introna
Gian Carlo Fusco	...	Col. Gavino Furas
Barbara Herrera	...	Amelia D'Amatrice
Luigi Lenner	...	Irnerio Stainer
Giuseppe Maffioli	...	Col. Barbacane
Renzo Marignano	...	Ten. Branzino
Camillo Milli	...	Colonello Elpidio Aguzzo
François Périer	...	On. Di Cori
Lino Puglisi	...	On. Salvato Li Masi
Gianni Solaro
Carla Tatò	...	Marcella Bassi - Lega
Stavros Tornes
Max Turilli	...	Col. Quintiliano Turzilli
Pino Zac	...	Armando Caffè

Also Known As:

We Want the Colonels

Runtime:

Greece:102 min | Argentina:105 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Dean Film

Why the Italian army can be so funny.

The director of this movie Mario Monicelli, who made movies and wrote scripts for more than 65 years, gives us an insight into Italian politics by presenting this satire of an attempt of a coup d'état by some fascist officers. This script was written by Agenore Incrocci who wrote more than 100 scripts and who worked practically as long as Monicelli. The state pensioners of the glorious war sing their old songs as if Mussolini was still alive. They do not understand that their actions will be considered as pranks. However Italian politicians can turn the events into their favour and at least democracy will be saved in a rather crumbly way. The Italian officers act like in an Italian opera without singers. They have their gatherings as in good old times and they think they should reverse the fragile Italian democracy. At the end they will succeed but things do not happen as they had foreseen... This movie is a brilliant comedy about the way of life of the Italians and their politics seen through the eye-glass of a director who lived through it in experiences from his youth.