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

Details

Cast

Ana Belén

Antonio Banderas

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Juan Diego

Guillermo Montesinos

José Luis López Vázquez

Josema Yuste

Quique Camoiras

Agustín González

Luis Ciges