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Il generale dorme in piedi is a film of genre Comedy directed by Francesco Massaro with Ugo Tognazzi
Il generale dorme in piedi (1974)
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Add to a movie listIl generale dorme in piedi (The general sleeps standing up) is a 1972 commedia all'italiana. It represents the directorial debut of Francesco Massaro and it is based on a novel with the same name written by Giuseppe D'Agata. It was filmed in Tunis, Rome and Florence.
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Un colonel de l'armée a un problème : lorsqu'il se repose en position allongée, il se met à crier des phrases anarchistes et antimilitaristes. En raison de son sommeil agité, il est donc contraint de dormir debout.Actors
Ugo Tognazzi
(Col. Umberto Leone)
Mariangela Melato
(Lola Pigna)
Franco Fabrizi
(Col. Beltrami)
Mario Scaccia
(Gen. Arturo Pigna)
Eros Pagni
(Ufficiale italiano in Grecia)
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