title: Il generale dorme in piedi
text: # Il generale dorme in piedi
  
  Il 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.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Ugo Tognazzi: Colonel Leone
  * Mariangela Melato: Lola
  * Franco Fabrizi: Captain Beltrani
  * Mario Scaccia: General Pigna
  * Stefano Satta Flores: Official
  * Checco Rissone: General Cicciolo
  * Daniele Vargas: Lt. Poli
  * Georges Wilson: General
  * Eros Pagni
  * Flavio Bucci
  