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The Court of the Pharaoh (1985)

The Court of the Pharaoh (1985)

Comedy Music
Release Date: 1985, September 26
Directors: José Luis García Sánchez
Countries: Spain
Production: Lince Films S.A., TVE
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Laura Bayonas, Josema Yuste, José Luis López Vázquez, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Juan Diego, Millán Salcedo, Ana Belén, Guillermo Montesinos, Mary Carmen Ramírez, Antonio Gamero, Tomás Sáez

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