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Réquiem por Granada
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Réquiem por Granada (transl. 'Requiem for Granada') is a period drama television miniseries directed by Vicente Escrivá recreating the fall of the Kingdom of Granada in the 15th century. An international co-production, it aired on TVE1 in 1991.
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Premise
The fiction retells from the Muslim perspective the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.[1]
Cast
- Horst Buchholz as Muley Hassan[2]
- Delia Boccardo as Fátima[2]
- Manuel Bandera as Boabdil[2]
- Gioia Scola as Isabel de Solís[2]
- Javier Escrivá as Ismail[2]
- Marita Marschall as Isabella the Catholic[2]
- Pedro Díez del Corral as Ferdinand the Catholic[2]
- Oleg Fedorov as Al Zagal[2]
- Juanjo Puigcorbé as Christopher Columbus[2]
- Esperanza Campuzano as Moraima[2][3]
- Germán Cobos[2]
- Julio Gavilanes[2]
- Javier Loyola[2]
- Iñaki Aierra[2]
- Juan Jesús Valverde[2]
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Production and release
Featuring a budget of 1,500 million pesetas,[3] Réquiem por Granada was a co-production of Aspa Films, Midega Films, TVE, RAI 1 and Taurus Film.[2] The series was directed by Vicente Escrivá, whereas the score was composed by Antón García Abril.[4] The screenplay was written by Escrivá together with Manuel Matji.[3][5] Filming, which began on 12 February 1990 in Sierra Nevada,[4] was beset by problems.[6] Shooting locations included the Alhambra, the Great Mosque of Córdoba, and the Alcázar of Seville,[6] as well as Fez, in Morocco.[4] The miniseries consisted of 8 episodes featuring a running time of 52 minutes.[2] The broadcasting run on TVE1 began on 9 October 1991.[2] The finale was programmed for 27 November 1991.[7]
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