Il generale dorme in piedi

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| name = Il generale dorme in piedi

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| director = Francesco Massaro

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| starring = Ugo Tognazzi

| music = Fiorenzo Carpi

| cinematography = Dario Di Palma

| editing =Ruggero Mastroianni

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| released = {{Film date|1972}}

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| language = Italian

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Il generale dorme in piedi (The general sleeps standing up) is a 1972 commedia all'italiana.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059695}} It represents the directorial debut of Francesco Massaro and it is based on a novel with the same name written by Giuseppe D'Agata.{{cite book|author1=Andrea Pergolari |author2=Franco Verucci |title=La fabbrica del riso|year=2004 |publisher=Un mondo a parte, 2004|isbn=8890062991}} It was filmed in Tunis, Rome and Florence.{{cite news|title=Ugo Tognazzi promosso colonnello|newspaper=La Stampa|date=12 July 1972|page=9}}