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El elefante del rey (2003)

El elefante del rey (2003)

Comedy TV Movie
Release Date: 2003, October 3
Directors: Víctor García León
Countries: Spain
Production: Malatarde Producciones
Cast: Alejandro Naranjo, Eduardo Gómez, Alejandro Garrido, Leonor Watling, Juan Echanove, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Fede Celada, José Antonio San Juan, Paco Jiménez Luna, Carmen Arbex, Elvira Heras

Overview:

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second Spanish Republic, the communist movement and many other things; a royal hunting that marks the beginning of a bizarre story of jealousy, passion, political intrigues and taxidermy.

Keywords:

short film 1930s 1920s spain mockumentary spanish second republic (1931-39)