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The Court of the Pharaoh
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 as Mari Pili / Lota
- Antonio Banderas as Friar José / José Later
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Roque
- Juan Diego as Roberto
- Guillermo Montesinos as Antonio / José at First
- José Luis López Vázquez as Police Commissioner
- Josema Yuste as Tarsicio / Putifar
- Quique Camoiras as Corcuera / King
- Agustín González as Father Calleja
- Luis Ciges as Huete
- Mary Carmen Ramírez as Fernanda / Queen
- María Luisa Ponte as Patricia
Details
- Director
- José Luis García Sánchez
- Released
- September 26, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Studio
- Lince Films S.A. and TVE
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.6 / 10 from 27 votes
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