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
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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me encantaria que alguien colgara esta pelicula para poder disfrutarla
@gutifeo 5
Joer FF Gómez junto a Collar y compañía, qué mitico!
@michaelschenker1955 4
Os reiréis pero el emplazamiento de viviendas de toda Plaza de Viena donde se ubicaba el Metropolitano tiene forma del escudo del Atleti. Miradlo por el Street View y giráis el mapa.
@PLCVESP 5
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