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 Fray José / José en un momento posterior
Fernando Fernán Gómez
as Roque
Juan Diego
as Roberto
Guillermo Montesinos
as Antonio / José al principio
José Luis López Vázquez
as Comisario
Josema Yuste
as Tarsicio / Putifar
Quique Camoiras
as Corcuera/Rey
Agustín González
as Padre Calleja
Luis Ciges
as Huete
