Tenente Mariani — How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General Character Profile

About Tenente Mariani

A lieutenant within the Italian military apparatus. Serves as a peer or junior officer to Buttiglione, frequently involved in the bureaucratic maneuvers, failed exercises, and comedic misunderstandings that satirize military life across the franchise.

Tenente Mariani — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Mario Marenco

Appears in

How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General (1974)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Tenente Mariani — Alliance Teammate — Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione (Jacques Dufilho)

  Partners in navigating military life and executing promotion schemes.

• Tenente Mariani — Alliance Teammate — Sergente Alessandro Mastino (Aldo Maccione)

  Collaborates with the sergeant to maintain unit cohesion during chaotic operations.

• Tenente Mariani — Alliance Teammate — Caporale De Martino (Giacomo Rizzo)

  Works alongside the corporal to manage daily military routines and misunderstandings.

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More characters from How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General

• Colonnello Rambaldo Buttiglione (Jacques Dufilho)
• Generale La Tanica (Gianni Agus)
• Otto Kraus (Daniele Dublino)
• Sergente Alessandro Mastino (Aldo Maccione)
• Generale Damigiani (Silvio Spaccesi)
• Caporale De Martino (Giacomo Rizzo)
• Generale John Ernest Dunn (Renzo Marignano)
• Infermiere (uncredited) (Alvaro Vitali)
• Soldier (uncredited) (Nestore Cavaricci)
• Farmer (uncredited) (Aristide Caporale)
• General (Mario Castaldi)