The Court of the Pharaoh

Spain, in the late 1940s. An amateur theater company dares to stage a controversial musical without the permits required by dictator Franco’s censorship authorities.

Cast

Ana Belén

as Mari Pili

Fernando Fernán Gómez

as Roque

Antonio Banderas

as Friar José

Josema Yuste

as Tarsicio

Agustín González

as Father Calleja

Quique Camoiras

as Corcuera

Mary Carmen Ramírez

as Fernanda

Juan Diego

as Roberto

Guillermo Montesinos

as Antonio

María Luisa Ponte

as Patricia

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