The Court of the Pharaoh

The story

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

A Ana BelénMari Pili / Lota A Antonio BanderasFray José / José en un momento posterior F Fernando Fernán GómezRoque J Juan DiegoRoberto G Guillermo MontesinosAntonio / José al principio J José Luis López VázquezComisario J Josema YusteTarsicio / Putifar Q Quique CamoirasCorcuera/Rey A Agustín GonzálezPadre Calleja L Luis CigesHuete M Mary Carmen RamírezFernanda / Reina M María Luisa PontePatricia

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M Millán SalcedoCopero A Antonio GameroRamírez G Guillermo MarínPrior P Pedro FarrésGran Sacerdote M Milgaros MartínRaquel M María RusIrene B Blanca PatiñoAurora A Amelia FontMarta M Maruja RecioDoncella T Tomás SáezPolicía P Pedro BasantaGerente M Manuel HueteMillán L Laura BayonasMaría (uncredited)