A fascist colonel dies, goes to heaven, and immediately tries to boss around Jesus. Italian '70s comedy hits different.
Colonel Buttiglione is always busy and full of commitments, above all he is clumsy, hates disorder and insubordinate soldiers and "long-haired hippies." One day, after a series of adventures and confusion of all kinds, he makes a mistake that leads to his death. He immediately arrives in Heaven where he meets Jesus, whom he orders to visit the barber immediately.
Acting
Jacques Dufilho's deadpan authoritarian buffoonery
Writing
The sheer audacity of that heaven scene
Director
Mino Guerrini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures Italy's 1970s generational warfare: aging fascist-adjacent military figures clashing with youth culture and social upheaval.
The French title 'Mais où est donc passée la 7e compagnie?' connection is fake—this is a separate military comedy, not the famous war series.
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