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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.

Premise

The fiction retells from the Muslim perspective the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.

Cast

• Horst Buchholz as Muley Hassan
• Delia Boccardo as Fátima
• Manuel Bandera as Boabdil
• Gioia Scola [it] as Isabel de Solís
• Javier Escrivá [es] as Ismail
• Marita Marschall [de] as Isabella the Catholic
• Pedro Díez del Corral [es] as Ferdinand the Catholic
• Oleg Fedorov as Al Zagal
• Juanjo Puigcorbé as Christopher Columbus
• Esperanza Campuzano as Moraima
• Germán Cobos
• Julio Gavilanes
• Javier Loyola
• Iñaki Aierra [eu]
• Juan Jesús Valverde [es]

Production and release

Featuring a budget of 1,500 million pesetas, Réquiem por Granada was a co-production of Aspa Films, Midega Films, TVE, RAI 1 and Taurus Film. The series was directed by Vicente Escrivá, whereas the score was composed by Antón García Abril. The screenplay was written by Escrivá together with Manuel Matji [es]. Filming, which began on 12 February 1990 in Sierra Nevada, was beset by problems. Shooting locations included the Alhambra, the Great Mosque of Córdoba, and the Alcázar of Seville, as well as Fez, in Morocco. The miniseries consisted of 8 episodes featuring a running time of 52 minutes. The broadcasting run on TVE1 began on 9 October 1991. The finale was programmed for 27 November 1991.

References

1. Drayson 2018, p. 309.
2. ^ Palacio, Manuel. "Réquiem por Granada / Granata, addio / Die Löwen der Granada". Fantasías orientales en el cine español. Casa Árabe. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
3. ^ Nieto, Marta (9 March 1991). "Las lágrimas de Boabdil". El País.
4. ^ Martín, Aurelio (9 August 1990). "Termina el rodaje de 'Réquiem por Granada', serie producida para Televisión Española". El País.
5. 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.
6. ^ 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.
7. "Réquiem por Granada". El País. 27 November 1991.

External links

• Réquiem por Granada at IMDb 

• La 1 (Spanish TV channel) network series
• Television series set in the 15th century
• 1990s Spanish drama television series
• 1991 Spanish television series debuts
• 1991 Spanish television series endings
• Cultural depictions of Christopher Columbus
• Depictions of Isabella I of Castile on television
• Television shows filmed in Spain
• Television shows filmed in Morocco
• Cultural depictions of Ferdinand II of Aragon