The Court of the Pharaoh
Release Date: 1985-09-26
Rating : 5.7/10
Duration : 98 minutes
Genres : Comedy, Music
Director : José Luis García Sánchez
Writer : José Luis García Sánchez, Rafael Azcona
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