Bank Under Siege

Bank Under Siege (Spanish: Asalto al Banco Central) is a Spanish crime thriller television miniseries written by Patxi Amezcua and directed by Daniel Calparsoro. It stars Miguel Herrán, María Pedraza, Hovik Keuchkerian and Isak Férriz. It fictionalises the Assault on the Central Bank of Barcelona in 1981.

Bank Under Siege
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Spanish	Asalto al Banco Central
Written by	Patxi Amezcua
Directed by	Daniel Calparsoro
Starring	Miguel Herrán María Pedraza Hovik Keuchkerian Isak Férriz Patricia Vico Roberto Enríquez Tito Valverde Fernando Cayo
Music by	Carlos Jean
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Cinematography	Tommie Ferreras
Production company	Brutal Media
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	8 November 2024 (2024-11-08) – present

Plot

The plot explores the Assault on the Central Bank of Barcelona in May 1981, three months after the 23-F coup d'état attempt, as a group of 11 robbers took over 200 hostages and demanded the liberation of putschist general Antonio Tejero and three of his collaborators.^[1]

Cast

• Miguel Herrán as José Juan Martínez Gómez "El Rubio", "Número 1"^[2]
• María Pedraza as Maider Garmendia^[3]
• Hovik Keuchkerian as Bernardo García "Berni"^[3]
• Isak Férriz as Francisco "Paco" López^[3]
• Patricia Vico as Isabel Ruig^[3]
• Tito Valverde as general José Luis Aramburu Topete [es]^[3]
• Roberto Álamo as Emilio Alonso Manglano^[3]
• Xavi Lite [es] as Antonio Tejero^[3]
• Enrique Berrendero as Narcís Serra^[3]
• Óscar Rabadán as Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo^[3]
• Fernando Cayo as general Pajuelo^[3]
• Roberto Enríquez como delegado del Gobierno^[3]
• Juanjo Ballesta as Cuevas^[1]

Production

Produced by Brutal Media for Netflix,^[4] the series was written by Patxi Amezcua and directed by Daniel Calparsoro.^[5] Tommie Ferreras was charged with the cinematography and Calparsoro's recurring collaborator Carlos Jean with the musical score.^[6]

Release

The 5-episode miniseries was made available on Netflix on 8 November 2024.^[7]

Reception

Paula Martínez of Cinemanía deemed Bank Under Siege to be a "an entertaining series with good pace, tension and interest that takes us through an important (and unknown to many) moment in our history".^[2]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the series 72 points ('good') declaring it "a brave, addictive and fast-paced miniseries that takes us to a recent conflict [while] spurring our curiosity.^[6]

See also

• 2024 in Spanish television