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6.6/10 • 35

1973-03-021h 42m

Comedy

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!

Directors
Mario Monicelli
Editors
Ruggero Mastroianni

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Ugo Tognazzi

    Ugo Tognazzi

    On. Giuseppe Tritoni

  2. Claude Dauphin

    Claude Dauphin

    Il Presidente della Repubblica

  3. Duilio Del Prete

    Duilio Del Prete

    Monsignor Sartorello

  4. Giuseppe Maffioli

    Giuseppe Maffioli

    Colonnello Barbacane

  5. Carla Tatò

    Carla Tatò

    Marcella Bassi-Lega

  6. François Périer

    François Périer

    On. Gigino Di Cori

  7. Lino Puglisi

    Lino Puglisi

    On. Li Masi

  8. Pino Zac

    Pino Zac

    Armando Caffè

  9. Tino Bianchi

    Tino Bianchi

    On. Mazzante

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Guillermo

Dec 31, 2013

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. By user IMDB

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    Italian
    Budget
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    Keywords
    politicsfascismcoup d'etatsatiremilitary coup