The King is the Best Mayor
1974 · Drama
The action occurs in early 12th century Galicia during the reign of Alfonso VII. Sancho de Roelas, a nobleman who has fallen on hard times, announces to his lord Tello de Neira his intention to marry Elvira de Olite, also of impoverished noble lineage. Don Tello offers to be best man at the wedding but on seeing Elvira falls in love with her beauty and kidnaps her. She refuses to have sex with him and Sancho travels to Leon to get Alfonso's help. Alfonso finally comes to Tello's manor-house incognito and – after revealing his identity and finding out that Tello has raped Elvira – forces him to marry Elvira. He then executes Tello, restoring Elvira's honour and endowing her with half Tello's estate.
- Director
- Rafael Gil
- Writers
- José López Rubio, Lope de Vega
- Released
- April 29, 1974
- Language
- Spanish
Cast
Analía Gadé
Felicia
Simonetta Stefanelli
Elvira
Ray Lovelock
Sancho (as Raymond Lovelock)
Fernando Sancho
Conde
Andrés Mejuto
El Rey
Pedro Valentín
Pelayo
José Nieto
Nuño
Antonio Casas
Celio
Tomás Blanco
Alcalde
Alejandro de Enciso
Julio (as Alejandro Enciso)
Luis Induni
D. Enrique
Fernando Sánchez Polack
Yuntero (as F. Sánchez Polack)
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