The Protagonists (1968 film)

{{short description|1968 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Protagonists

| image = The Protagonists.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Marcello Fondato

| producer = Ugo Guerra
Elio Scardamaglia

| writer = Ennio Flaiano
Marcello Fondato

| starring = Sylva Koscina

| music = Luis Enríquez Bacalov

| cinematography = Marcello Gatti

| editing = Tatiana Casini Morigi

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1968}}

| runtime =

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

}}

The Protagonists ({{langx|it|I protagonisti}}) is a 1968 Italian drama film directed by Marcello Fondato. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2693/year/1968.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Protagonists |accessdate=4 April 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.