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

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

29 August 1988 (Sweden)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Spain | Fascism | Spanish Civil War | Poet

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Nickolas Grace	...	Federico García Lorca (6 episodes, 1987-1988)
Antonio Iranzo	...	Joaquín Arcollas (4 episodes, 1987)
Francisco Jarque	...	Dióscoro Galindo (4 episodes, 1987)
Mario Pardo	...	Francisco Galadí (4 episodes, 1987)
José Villarroel		(4 episodes, 1987)
Javier Dotú	...	Federico (4 episodes, 1987)
Fernando Chinarro	...	Federico García Rodríguez (3 episodes, 1987)
Margarita Lozano	...	Doña Vicenta Lorca (3 episodes, 1987)
María Luisa Ponte	...	Dolores la Colorina (3 episodes, 1987)
Fabiola Toledo	...	La Argentinita (3 episodes, 1987)
Miguel Littin	...	Fernando de los Ríos (3 episodes, 1987)
José Ramos Cantó		(3 episodes, 1987)
Jesús Alcaide		(2 episodes, 1987)
Germán Cobos	...	Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (2 episodes, 1987)
Diana Peñalver	...	Concha García Lorca (2 episodes, 1987)
Manuel Sierra	...	Rafael Martínez Nadal (2 episodes, 1987)
Núria Espert	...	Margarita Xirgu (2 episodes, 1987)
Fernando Valverde	...	Luis Buñuel (2 episodes, 1987)
Ana Leza		(2 episodes, 1987)
Fernando López Veloso	...	Salvador Dalí (2 episodes, 1987)
Máximo Astray		(2 episodes, 1987)
José Luis Barceló		(2 episodes, 1987)
Jesús Fernández		(2 episodes, 1987)
Tony Fuentes		(2 episodes, 1987)
María Teresa Cortés		(2 episodes, 1987)
Antonio Chamorro		(2 episodes, 1987)
Laura Culat		(2 episodes, 1987)
Ana Frau	...	Actriz (2 episodes, 1987)
Alberto de Miguel	...	Francisco García Lorca (2 episodes, 1987)
Julián Navarro	...	Cipriano Rivas (2 episodes, 1987)
Antonio Valverde		(2 episodes, 1987)
César Varona		(2 episodes, 1987)
Carlos Cruz	...	Cantaor (2 episodes, 1987)
Francisco M. Díaz	...	Guitarrista (2 episodes, 1987)

Runtime:

118 min | Spain:240 min (6 episodes)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Greece:K

Company:

Acción Films

Federico Garcia Lorca:"I want to sleep for a while, a while, a century ... but let everybody know I haven't died."

As so many romantics I was sure Lorca was a freedom-fighter. And of course he is, although he never fired a single shot. As one of the Falangista's (Fascists) say: this man is more dangerous with a pen than with a gun.

This bewildering film, superbly shot using all the beauty of Spain, depicts one of the atrocities of 20th century history, which pathed the way for the longest reign of any western fascist government.

Lorca is not a war-hero though, he is a poet and playwright who deservedly belongs in the line Dante, Khayyam, Shelley, Byron, Rilke, Pessoa, Neruda etc. etc. This is not a film about poetry though (that must be 'Bodas de Sangre' of Carlos Saura, adapted from a play by Lorca and also available on DVD -with English subtitles- thanks to this lovely label Suevia Films)and it is not really about war, although the fighting and executions are grim. It is about life.

Please don't missthis poet's death !! His name is still being whispered by the trees in Granada...