The Court of the Pharaoh

The Court of the Pharaoh

Released on
Comedy, Music
Runtime
98 mins
(25 votes)

In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage of the artistic caprices of the son of a rich man who supports the regime. They try to stage a Pre-war 'zarzuela' (a sort of Spanish operetta), 'La Corte Del Faraón', which ironically, thirty years later, is too obscene for the regime censorship. They finally manage to perform the 'zarzuela' but end up in the police station where they confirm that justice depends on which side are you on

Cast

  • Ana Belén
  • Antonio Banderas
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez
  • Juan Diego
  • Guillermo Montesinos
  • José Luis López Vázquez
  • Josema Yuste
  • Quique Camoiras
  • Agustín González
  • Luis Ciges
  • Mary Carmen Ramírez
  • María Luisa Ponte
  • Millán Salcedo
  • Antonio Gamero
  • Guillermo Marín

Director

  • José Luis García Sánchez

Producers

    Screenwriter

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