We Want the Colonels
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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!
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When was We Want the Colonels released?+
We Want the Colonels was released on March 2, 1973.
Who directed We Want the Colonels?+
We Want the Colonels was directed by Mario Monicelli.
Who stars in We Want the Colonels?+
The main cast of We Want the Colonels includes Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin, Duilio Del Prete, Giuseppe Maffioli.
How long is We Want the Colonels?+
We Want the Colonels has a runtime of 1h 42m.
What genre is We Want the Colonels?+
We Want the Colonels is classified as Comedy.
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We Want the Colonels has an average audience rating of 6.6 out of 10, based on 38 votes.
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