The Court of the Pharaoh

Overview

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

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 26, 1985

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Spain

Production

TVE,Lince Films S.A.

Cast

Antonio Banderas,Luis Ciges,Antonio Gamero,Josema Yuste,Agustín González,Ana Belén,Fernando Fernán Gómez,Laura Bayonas,José Luis López Vázquez,Manuel Hueteand 15 more

Director

José Luis García Sánchez

Writer

Rafael Azcona,José Luis García Sánchez,Miguel de Palacios,Guillermo Perrín

Producer

Luis Sanz

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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