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Genre: | Historical drama | ||||||
Director: | Vicente Escrivá | ||||||
Screenplay: | Vicente Escrivá Manuel Matji | ||||||
Starring: | Horst Buchholz Delia Boccardo Manuel Bandera Gioia Scola Javier Escrivá Marita Marschall Pedro Díez del Corral Oleg Fedorov Juanjo Puigcorbé | ||||||
Composer: | Antón García Abril | ||||||
Country: | Spain Italy Germany | ||||||
Network: | tve1 | ||||||
Num Seasons: | 1 | ||||||
Num Episodes: | 8 | ||||||
Company: | Aspa Films Midega Films TVE RAI 1 Taurus Film |
Réquiem por 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.
The fiction retells from the Muslim perspective the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.
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 .[2] [3] Filming, which began on 12 February 1990 in Sierra Nevada,[4] was beset by problems.[5] 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.[6]