

El elefante del rey
2003-10-03 · 29 min · ★ 6.4
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.
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- Directors
- Víctor García León
- Production companies
- Malatarde Producciones
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
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Juan EchanovePepe / Benito
Leonor WatlingMaría
Nacho VigalondoYoung Manuel
Fede CeladaGuitarist
Eduardo GómezManager
Alejandro NaranjoWaiter
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