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

Mari Pili / Lota

Antonio Banderas

Fray José / José en un momento posterior

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Roque

Juan Diego

Roberto

Guillermo Montesinos

Antonio / José al principio

José Luis López Vázquez

Comisario

Josema Yuste

Tarsicio / Putifar

Quique Camoiras

Corcuera/Rey

Agustín González

Padre Calleja

Luis Ciges

Huete