We Want the Colonels

{{Infobox film

| name = We Want the Colonels

| image = We Want the Colonels.jpg

| caption = DVD cover

| director = Mario Monicelli

| producer = Pio Angeletti
Adriano De Micheli

| writer = Agenore Incrocci
Mario Monicelli
Furio Scarpelli

| starring = Ugo Tognazzi

| music = Carlo Rustichelli

| cinematography = Alberto Spagnoli

| editing = Lorenzo Baraldi

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1973|3|5|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

}}

We Want the Colonels ({{langx|it|Vogliamo i colonnelli}}) is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered in the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2301/year/1973.html |title=Festival de Cannes: We Want the Colonels |access-date=19 April 2009|work=Festival-cannes.com}} It is a satire of the attempted far-right Borghese Coup.

Plot

Giuseppe Tritoni is a parliament member from Livorno by a far-right party and despite disagreeing with his comrades he decides to organize a coup d'état, which however is foiled by the Minister of the Interior, Li Masi, which organizes another one in his turn. Tritoni then tries to kidnap the president of the republic but the latter loses his life due to a heart attack and Li Masi is seen by the Italian people as the potential savior of the homeland. Tritoni will eventually surrender, but his plans will be recycled in some African countries.