WE WANT THE COLONELS (Vogliamo i Colonnelli) (1973) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Mario Monicelli

Written by - Agenore Incrocci, Mario Monicelli, Furio Scarpelli

Starring - Ugo Tognazzi

"WE WANT THE COLONELS is a comedy about an ultra-right-wing congressman who uses his ties with the Italian army to organize a coup d'etat. The story was inspired by a similar event that had taken place a few years prior in Italy. 

Under the direction of a master of the commedia all'italiana like MARIO MONICELLI, the film is colourful, wild and to some extent even stands out as a vivid satire that is not too concerned without being politically correct. 

An array of colourful and often caricatural characters is led by a superbly histrionic Ugo Tognazzi, who plays the sly, charming and devilishly determined, morally questionable congressman. The story itself, however, is a little too intricate and frustratingly confusing."

Comedy, Italy