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The Court of the Pharaoh

The Court of the Pharaoh

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 26, 1985

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Comedy, Music

User Score

58%

Original Title

La corte de Faraón

Production Companies

Lince Films S.A.

Director

José Luis García Sánchez

Description

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