Released:
1985-09-26

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

Director:
José Luis García Sánchez

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
Comedy, Music

• 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