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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!
Keywords
politics
fascism
coup d'etat
satire
military coup
Casts

Ugo Tognazzi
On. Giuseppe Tritoni

Claude Dauphin
Il Presidente della Repubblica

Duilio Del Prete
Monsignor Sartorello

Giuseppe Maffioli
Colonnello Barbacane

Carla Tatò
Marcella Bassi-Lega

François Périer
On. Gigino Di Cori

Lino Puglisi
On. Li Masi
Pino Zac
Armando Caffè

Tino Bianchi
On. Mazzante
Antonino Faà di Bruno
Colonnello Ribaud
Vincenzo Falanga
Tarcisio "Ciccio" Introna
Giancarlo Fusco
Colonnello Furas

Barbara Herrera
Contessa Amelia Di Amatrice

Renzo Marignano
Tenente Branzino

Camillo Milli
Colonnello Aguzzo
Alberto Postorino
il colonnello strabico

Gianni Solaro
On. Cicero

Pietro Tordi
Generale Bassi-Lega

Max Turilli
Colonnello Turzilli
Salvatore Biliardo
Colonnello Automatikos
Bruno Boschetti

Pietro Biondi
Professor Pube

Giuseppe Castellano
Franz Cavicchia

Luciano Catenacci
benzinaio

Mico Cundari
On. Ferlingeri

Vittorio De Bisogno
figlio di DI Cori
Belisario De Matteis
Generale Pariglia

Nino Formicola
Ulisse

Mario Frera
ufficiale di polizia
Rosanna Gherardi
Cristiana Tallone

Enzo Guarini
Enzo La Torre

Carla Mancini

Mauro Misul
Urbini
Franco Moraldi
Alfonsone
Lino Murolo
Loris Zanchi
On. Bertoni
Luigi Lenner
Ing. Stainer

Francesco Anniballi
cameriere

Angelo Boscariol
Gianni Baghino

Ugo Ballester
New President of Italy (uncredited)
Crews

Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay

Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Alberto Spagnoli
Director of Photography

Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay

Mario Monicelli
Director

Mario Monicelli
Screenplay
Antonio Sarno
Unit Manager

Piero Tosi
Costume Design

Agenore Incrocci
Story
Mario D'Alessio
Production Manager
Emilio Loffredo
Camera Operator
Vittorio Massi
Sound

Furio Scarpelli
Story

Mario Monicelli
Story

Piero Tosi
Set Decoration
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design

Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Paola Carlozzi
Assistant Editor

Pio Angeletti
Producer
Luciano Vito
Hairstylist

Adriano De Micheli
Producer
Stefano Bolzoni
Production Secretary
Alberto Tinebra
Sound Mixer
Alexander Blonksteiner
Conductor

Claudio Risi
Script Supervisor
Lidia Pascolini
Assistant Editor

Pierantonio Mecacci
Makeup Artist

Carlo Vanzina
First Assistant Director
Backdrops & Posters

