Goya (1985)

Stars:

Enric Majó, Laura Morante, Raf Vallone

Cast

Series cast summary:
Enric Majó	...	Goya (5 episodes, 1985)
Laura Morante	...	Duquesa de Alba (4 episodes, 1985)
Raf Vallone	...	Duaso (4 episodes, 1985)
Rosalía Dans	...	Leocadia (4 episodes, 1985)
Jeannine Mestre	...	Pepa Bayeu (4 episodes, 1985)
Juanjo Puigcorbé		(4 episodes, 1985)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Company Credits

Production Co:

Isasi P.C., Radiotelevisione Italiana, Televisión Española (TVE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

330 min 330 min (6 episodes) 50 min (6 episodes)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Spanish Television Finest Hour

The life and times of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes served as the base material for this memorable 6-episode miniseries. Appropriately produced by TVE and filmed on historical locations, it is an spectacle of interest not just for art lovers or Goya connoisseurs but for anyone into well-crafted drama. A painter who begun himself a revolution of proportions, Goya was a witness of the Napoleonic wars and of a nation in arms resisting the aggression with undismayed heart and soul. He was that ancient paradox of the artist: An extremely sensitive individual who was also a bullfighting aficionado. He was a womanizer in his own aesthetic and impassioned way; he was friends with kings and poets, and a victim of social and political prejudices. He was an exhaustively troubled man: Deaf, neurotic, literally mad. Goya was no saint and his richly contrasted self is what makes him a hell of a subject for a movie or a television project. This one succeeds in honestly portraying him and making a valuable statement on the origins of his essential oeuvre.