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.
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]
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]
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | Network | |||
| 1 | 8 | 9 October 1991 | 27 November 1991 | tve | |
References
- ↑ Drayson 2018, p. 309.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Palacio, Manuel. "Réquiem por Granada / Granata, addio / Die Löwen der Granada". Fantasías orientales en el cine español. Casa Árabe. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 Nieto, Marta (9 March 1991). "Las lágrimas de Boabdil". El País.
- 1 2 3 Martín, Aurelio (9 August 1990). "Termina el rodaje de 'Réquiem por Granada', serie producida para Televisión Española". El País.
- ↑ Jiménez Alcázar, Juan Francisco; Abad Merino, Mercedes (2016). "El pasado como producto de consumo en los medios de ocio" (PDF). Historia y videojuegos: el impacto de los nuevos medios de ocio sobre el conocimiento histórico. Murcia: Centro de Estudios Medievales de la Universidad de Murcia-Ed. Compobell-IGN España. p. 19. ISBN 978-84-944757-3-3.
- 1 2 Drayson, Elizabeth (2018). "Televising Boabdil, Last Muslim King of Granada". In North, Janice; Alvestad, Karl C.; Woodacre, Elena (eds.). Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers. p. 312. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68771-1_15. ISBN 978-3-319-68771-1.
- ↑ "Réquiem por Granada". El País. 27 November 1991.
