"Lorca, muerte de un poeta" (1987) TV mini-series

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Director:

Juan Antonio Bardem

Writers:

Juan Antonio Bardem (writer)
Ian Gibson (story)

Release Date:

29 agosto 1988 (Sweden)

Genre:

Biografía | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Fascism | Poet | Spain | TV Mini-Series

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Interesting but overlong bio-pic of a great poet/playwright

Cast

Nickolas Grace	...	Federico García Lorca
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Jesús Alcaide
Alexander Allerson	...	Gen. Campins
Ángel de Andrés López
Simón Andreu
Miguel Arribas
Frank Astor	...	Young Journalist
Pilar Bardem
Laura Cepeda
José Manuel Cervino	...	Comandante Valdés
Fernando Chinarro
Rosalía Dans
José Ángel Egido
Núria Espert
Lola Gaos
Luis Hostalot
Nikolas Lansky	...	Gen. León Maestre
Fernando López Veloso	...	Salvador Dalí
Margarita Lozano	...	Doña Vicenta
Manuel Millán
Chema Muñoz
Joaquín Notario
Mario Pardo	...	Francisco Galadi
Diana Peñalver
María Luisa Ponte
Mireia Ros
José María Rueda
Fabiola Toledo
Fernando Valverde

Dirigida por
Juan Antonio Bardem

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Juan Antonio Bardem		writer
Ian Gibson		story

Producida por
Samuel Menkes	....	executive producer
Alfonso Santos	....	delegate producer
Julio Sempere	....	delegate producer

Música original por
Juan Bardem

Fotografía por
Hans Burman

Montaje por
Guillermo S. Maldonado

Casting
Antonio Ledo
Carmen Zorrilla

Decorados
Wolfgang Burmann

Diseño de vestuario por
León Revuelta

Departamento de maquillaje
Dolores García Rey	....	hair stylist
Mariano García Rey	....	makeup artist
Teresa Rabal	....	assistant makeup artist
Antonio Segovia	....	second makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Félix Rodríguez	....	production manager
José Salcedo	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Alfonso Albacete	....	second second assistant director
David Menkes	....	second assistant director
Andrés Vich	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Enrique de Blas	....	set constructor
Miguel de Blas	....	set constructor
Vicente de Blas	....	construction coordinator
Vicente de Blas	....	set constructor
Viuda de Ruiz	....	false pieces artist
Gonzalo Gonzalo	....	property master
Antonio Mateos	....	property master
Jesús Mateos	....	property master
Ricardo Mengíbar	....	property master
Luis Ramírez	....	assistant set decorator
Luis Ramírez	....	graphic designer
Luis Ramírez	....	painter
Ángel Rodríguez	....	assistant property master
José Sanz	....	props
Ildefonso Segura	....	set constructor
Manuel Segura	....	set constructor

Departamento de sonido
Luis Calleja	....	sound technician
Luis Castro	....	sound effects
Carlos Culebras	....	boom operator
Eduardo Fernández	....	sound technician
José Nogueira	....	direct sound

Efectos especiales
J. García	....	special effects assistant
Fernando Pérez	....	special effects technician
Tomás Urbán	....	special effects assistant (as T. Urban)

Visual Effects
Pablo Núñez	....	opticals

Camera and Electrical Department
Juan M. Abad	....	electrician
Paulino Alonso	....	generator operator
José Arenillas	....	grip (as José María Arenillas)
Wolfgang Burmann hijo	....	second assistant camera
Mariano Hernández	....	electrician
Adolfo Jiménez	....	electrician
Fernando Lacasa	....	electrician
Felipe López	....	still photographer
Gregorio Marqués	....	gaffer
Pedro Ramírez	....	electrician
Ramiro Sabell	....	first assistant camera
Ramiro Sabell	....	focus puller
Miguel Sabido	....	grip
Valero	....	grip
Manuel Velasco	....	camera operator
José Antonio Villalba	....	key grip (as José A. Villalba)

Casting Department
Antonio Ledo	....	casting: Granada
Cornelia von Braun	....	casting: Germany
Carmen Zorrilla	....	casting: Madrid

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Humberto Cornejo	....	wardrobe
Miguel García Tribaldos	....	wardrobe supervisor
María Teresa Iglesias	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Miguel Bardem	....	first assistant editor
María Ángeles Carrión	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Javier Iturralde	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Rafael Carrillo	....	transportation coordinator
Vicente Pavía	....	transportation coordinator

Otros miembros del equipo
Miguel Aguado Blasco	....	production assistant (as M. Aguado)
M. Agudelo	....	gunsmith
Miguel Alonso	....	administrator
María Bardem	....	script supervisor
Viuda de Ruiz	....	hair piece
David Jareño	....	production assistant (as D. Jareño)
Pablo Núñez	....	title designer
Miguel Ángel Peinado	....	production assistant (as M. Peinado)
Roasa	....	gunsmith
Félix Rodríguez	....	gunsmith
Juan Sempere	....	production assistant (as J. Sempere)

Production Companies

• Televisión Española (TVE)

Distributors

• Divisa Home Video (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• Televisión Española (TVE) (1987) (Spain) (TV)

Duración:

118 min | Spain:240 min (6 episodes)

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Company:

Televisión Española (TVE)

Interesting but overlong bio-pic of a great poet/playwright

This six-part miniseries mixes docudrama with documentary footage to trace the life of Spanish poet/playwright/activist Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed in 1936 by supporters of the future dictator, General Franco, during Spain's Civil War.

Each episode opens with his execution by firing squad, and then flashes back to a different era of his life and Spain's political history. It traces his career, his friendship with such luminary figures as Salvador Dali, and his relationship with his family.

In an unusual move, the Spanish TV network cast British actor Nickolas Grace in the title role. At the time, he was best known in Spain for his performance in the British miniseries "Brideshead Revisited." In "Lorca," he acted his dialog in English (while everyone around him acted in Spanish), and recited Lorca's verse in British-accented Spanish. Then all of his speeches were dubbed by a Spanish actor. Strangely, the dubbing of the scenes that he acted in English works far better than the scenes where he recites Lorca in Spanish.

Grace's casting ensured the show's sale to British and American television, where it was seen under the title "Lorca: Death of a Poet."

The pacing is a bit slow at spots, and the first three or four chapters are bit too episodic. But it's worth a look for anyone interested in this dark period of Spain's history and the life of a great artist.

Of particular interest are the final two episodes, which depict the military takeover of Spain and the bloodshed that attended the Civil War.