''The King is the Best Mayor'' (Italian: ''Il miglior sindaco, il re'', Spanish: ''El mejor alcalde, el rey'') is a 1974 Italian-Spanish

historical drama A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and s ...

film directed by

Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ...

and starring

Analía Gadé María Esther Gorostiza Rodríguez (28 October 1931 – 18 May 2019), better known as Analía Gadé, was an Argentine film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1948 and 2001. She appeared in the film '' Emergency Ward'', whic ...

Simonetta Stefanelli Simonetta Stefanelli (; born 30 November 1954) is an Italian entrepreneur, fashion designer and retired actress. Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in the 1972 film ''The Godfather'', directed by ...

and Ray Lovelock.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 205. . The film is based on the play ''

The Best Mayor, The King ''The Best Mayor, The King'' (''El mejor alcalde, el rey'') is a play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega, written between 1620 and 1623 according to the dating proposed by Morley and Bruerton. It was published in 1635 in the twenty-first part ...

'' by

Lope de Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio ( , ; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literatur ...

Cast

as Felicia *

as Elvira * Ray Lovelock as Sancho *

Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...

as Conde *Andrés Mejuto as The King * as Pelayo * José Nieto as Nuño * Antonio Casas as Celio * Tomás Blanco as Alcalde *Alejandro de Enciso as Julio *

Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) alo ...

as D. Enrique *

Fernando Sánchez Polack Fernando Sánchez Polack (11 August 1920 – 24 January 1982) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 110 films and television shows between 1959 and 1982, mostly of them as a supporting character in Spaghetti Western films. He starred ...

as Yuntero *Rafael Corés as Obispo

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* Italian historical drama films 1970s historical drama films Films directed by Rafael Gil Films set in the 12th century Italian films based on plays Films based on works by Lope de Vega 1970s Spanish-language films Spanish drama films 1970s Spanish films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Spain-film-stub