El elefante del rey
29 mins
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.
José Antonio San Juan
Alfonso XIII
Guillermo García-Ramos
Young Jesús
Carmen Arbex
Prostitute
Elvira Heras
Dancer
Juan Querol
Bodyguard
Antonio Delgado
Book Seller
Pedro García-Ramos
Man in Love
Cuca Otero
Woman in Love
Alexa Portillo
Train Passenger
Alejandro Garrido
Official
Tomás Rosón
Civil Guard #1
José Manuel Segovia
Civil Guard #2
Jesús Perea
Journalist
Lorenzo Díaz
Lorenzo Díaz - Sociologist
José de Portugal
José Portugal - Historian
Manuel Huete
Manuel Huete - Benito's Assistant
José María Sagone
Jesús Perea - Benito's Assistant
Federico García Méndez
Federico Gª Méndez - Royal House Liaison
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Himself (archive footage)
Rafael Alberti
Himself (archive footage)
Dámaso Berenguer
Himself (archive footage)
Víctor García León
Director
Carlos Higinio Esteban
Writer
Víctor García León
Writer
Rómulo Aguillaume
First Assistant Director
Domingo Lizcano
Sculptor
Pablo Bürmann
Camera Operator
Mischa Lluch
Director of Photography
Eva Ungría
Second Assistant Director
Carlos Garrido
Sound Mixer
David San José
Original Music Composer
Raúl Lasvignes
Sound Editor
Antonio Camarasa
Sound Engineer
Carlos Higinio Esteban
Art Direction
José María Hernández
Art Direction
Pilar Hexel
Script Supervisor
Daniel Hoyo
Executive Producer
Juan Carlos Zambrana
Production Director
Irma de la Guardia
Makeup & Hair
Jorge Poó
Still Photographer
Koldo Jones
Art Direction
Yolanda Álvarez
Makeup & Hair