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
Ana Belén
Antonio Banderas
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Juan Diego
Guillermo Montesinos
José Luis López Vázquez
Josema Yuste
Quique Camoiras
Agustín González
Luis Ciges
Mary Carmen Ramírez
María Luisa Ponte
Millán Salcedo
Antonio Gamero
Guillermo Marín