"Cadfael" (1994) Series de televisión 1994-1996

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.7/10   

Director:

Sebastian Graham Jones

Guionista:

Simon Burke (1994-1996)

Temporadas:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 enero 1995 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Misterio

Frase comercial:

A riveting mystery and a fascinating glimpse into a medieval world.

Plot:

A Crusader-turned-Monk uses his botanical knowledge to solve mysteries in the old Norman England village of Shrewsbury.

Plot Keywords:

Abbey | Sleuth | Monk | Herbalist | King

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Wonderful series

Reparto

Derek Jacobi	...	Brother Cadfael (13 episodios, 1994-1998)
Michael Culver	...	Prior Robert (13 episodios, 1994-1998)
Julian Firth	...	Brother Jerome / ... (13 episodios, 1994-1998)
Terrence Hardiman	...	Abbot Radulfus / ... (9 episodios, 1994-1998)
Mark Charnock	...	Brother Oswin (8 episodios, 1994-1997)
Albie Woodington	...	Sergeant Warden / ... (7 episodios, 1994-1997)

También conocida como:

"Mystery!: Cadfael" (USA)

Duración:

75 min (13 episodes)

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Clasificación:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Budapest, Hungary

Compañía:

Central Television

Trivialidades:

All the filming locations (eg Shrewsbury Abbey, street scenes in Shrewsbury, banks of the River Severn) were sets constructed on waste ground behind Fot Studios in Budapest, Hungary, because almost every medieval building that still exists in the UK is now in a ruined state, due to Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 15th Century.

Wonderful series

I love Cadfael and would give it 10/10 except for a couple of things. The episodes were too short to do the books justice and consequently the stories lacked the historical content that made the books so unique (i.e. they were both murder mysteries and historical novels) and the Welsh connection was lost because Derek Jacobi (wonderful though he is) does not seem to portray Cadfael as Welsh. It also loses out not being shot in England (for financial reasons I believe) unlike Robin of Sherwood a few years earlier. The countryside is so obviously unlike England it distracts a little. But other than these few gripes it was wonderful filled with fantastic actors, such as shame more could not have been made. It was also a shame that 3 actors had to be used to portray Hugh. One final comment an earlier reviewer trying to fill in the historical facts said that Empress Maud was the daughter of William II, she was in fact the daughter of Henry I. I'll forgive him though because I know Americans are not that good on English history!! (just joking!)