---
title: 'The Dumbfounded King (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Imanol Uribe'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Portugal'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dumbfounded-king-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102788/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dumbfounded King (1991)

1991 · 106 min · Comedy, History · France, Portugal, Spain

Original title: El rey pasmado

## Synopsis

The Dumbfounded King is a 1991 French-Portuguese-Spanish comedy-historical film directed by Imanol Uribe and written by Joan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The screenplay was based on Torrente's 1989 novel The King Amaz'd.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Joan Potau](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-potau)
- **Director:** [Imanol Uribe](https://cinepixo.com/people/imanol-uribe)
- **Producer:** [Imanol Uribe](https://cinepixo.com/people/imanol-uribe), [Andrés Santana](https://cinepixo.com/people/andres-santana-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [José Nieto](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-nieto-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Burmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-burmann)

## Cast

- [Carme Elias](https://cinepixo.com/people/carme-elias)
- [Álex Angulo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-angulo)
- [Fernando Fernán Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-fernan-gomez)
- [Juan Diego](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-diego)
- [Anne Roussel](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-roussel) as Elisabeth of France
- [Javier Gurruchaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-gurruchaga) as Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
- [Sara Bilbatua](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-bilbatua)
- [Joan Potau](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-potau)
- [Pepe Soriano](https://cinepixo.com/people/pepe-soriano)
- [Christine Dejoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-dejoux)
- [Luis Barbero](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-barbero)
- [Eusebio Poncela](https://cinepixo.com/people/eusebio-poncela)
- [Eulàlia Ramon](https://cinepixo.com/people/eulalia-ramon)
- [María Barranco](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-barranco)
- [José Luis Cuerda](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-cuerda)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dumbfounded-king-1991
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