Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestOn a stormy night, Lucas takes refuge in the monastery and tells his friend Brother Blas about his latest adventures, already tired of them.
In 17th-century Spain, Lucas Trapaza is a lazy liar and con artist who does everything he can to live off others.
Acting
Fernando Fernán Gómez plays himself playing a fraud.
Writing
Classic picaresque updated with 70s Spanish wit.
Production
Dusty 17th-century streets on a probably dusty budget.
Creator
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Lucas Trapaza
Juan Ribó
Alonso de Baeza
Pilar Bardem
Cariharta
Emma Cohen
Manuela
Eduardo Calvo
Monipodio
Pedro Beltrán
Andrés el Mesonero
Gloria Cámara
Benilde la mesonera
Lina Canalejas
Isabel la Toledana
Antonio Casas
El Gran Duque
Manolo Codeso
El Hermano Lego
Juan Diego
El Doctor Sagredo
Charo López
Doña Mergelina
María Luisa Ponte
La posadera
Josep Maria Pou
Don Ramiro de Tapias y Henares
Mary Santpere
Polonia, la centenaria
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The picaresque genre basically invented the 'unreliable narrator scammer' trope 400 years before TikTok.
Fernando Fernán Gómez directed AND starred — the ultimate 'I'll do it myself' energy of 1970s Spanish TV.
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