''We Want the Colonels'' ( it, Vogliamo i colonnelli) is a 1973 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

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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Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk fo ...

as Giuseppe Tritoni *

Tino Bianchi Tino Bianchi (21 June 1905 – 4 January 1996) was an Italian actor. He performed in more than fifty films between 1933 and 1995. Filmography External links * 1905 births 1996 deaths Italian male film actors People from São Paulo ...

as On. Mazzante * Claude Dauphin as President of Italy *

Duilio Del Prete Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor, dubber and singer-songwriter. Del Prete was born at Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he al ...

as Mons. Giampaolino Sartorello *

Antonino Faà di Bruno Antonino Faà di Bruno (15 December 1910 – 2 May 1981) was an Italian actor and former military officer. Biography A member of the aristocratic Faà di Bruno family, Antonino Faà di Bruno was born in London, the son of Marchese Alessand ...

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 Renzo Marignano (26 March 1923 - 25 November 1987), sometimes credited as Renzo Marignani, was an Italian actor and film director. Born in Genoa, after World War II Marignano was one of the founders of ''Cimofilm'', a production company speciali ...

as Ten. Branzino *

Camillo Milli Camillo Migliori, best known as Camillo Milli (1 August 1929 – 20 January 2022) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Milli formed under Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, where he deb ...

as Col. Elpidio Aguzzo *

François Périer François Périer (born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into ...

as On. Di Cori * Lino Puglisi as On. Salvato Li Masi *

Gianni Solaro Gianni Solaro (born Gianni Lorenzon, 11 August 1926 – 12 August 2006) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Solaro was a character actor in the Italian film industry for about twenty years, between the late 19 ...

as On. Cicero * Carla Tatò as Marcella Bassi Lega *

Pietro Tordi Pietro Tordi (12 July 1906 – 14 December 1990) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1942 and 1988. He was born in Florence, Italy. Selected filmography * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) - L'altro conspiratore * '' Don C ...

as Gen. Bassi Lega * Stavros Tornes * Max Turilli as Col. Quintiliano Turzilli *

Pino Zac Giuseppe Zaccaria (23 April 1930 – 25 August 1985), best known as Pino Zac, was an Italian illustrator, cartoonist and animator. Biography Born in Trapani, Sicily, Zac spent his childhood in Pratola Peligna, Abruzzo and eventually moved to R ...

as Armando Caffè

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* 1973 films 1973 comedy films 1970s 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 Films about coups d'état 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub