A professor at the University of Frankfurt is mistaken for a Russian soccer player on his arrival at Madrid airport. There, he is received as a sports figure and the teacher, unaware of the confusion, take it as an extraordinary compliment. However, problems arise when, after discovering the error, the professor has to pretend to be the player until he appears
Acting
Fernando Fernán Gómez's physical comedy—befuddled dignity at its finest.
Direction
Elorrieta's brisk pacing keeps the farce airborne for 88 tight minutes.
Director
José María Elorrieta
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Claudio Henkel
Maria Piazzai
Elena Bernal
Antonio Riquelme
Marcelo Rodríguez
Juan Calvo
Ramón Fernández
Rafael Albaicín
Mauro
Lina Canalejas
Purita Gómez
Raúl Cancio
Don César
Rafael Luis Calvo
Gregorio
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro
Presidenta Asociación de Damas Intelectuales
Alfonso Rojas
Jefe de Mauro
Xan das Bolas
Guardia del Parque
Ángela Tamayo
José Calvo
Jefe de los matones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Franco's Spain, the film subtly satirizes celebrity worship and bureaucratic absurdity under authoritarianism—comedy as quiet resistance.
Fernán Gógomz improvised much of his bewildered reaction to sports reporters, drawing from his own complete ignorance of soccer.
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