Águila Roja

Águila Roja
Genre	Adventure Swashbuckler
Created by	Daniel Écija Pilar Nadal Ernesto Pozuelo Juan Carlos Cueto
Starring	David Janer Javier Gutiérrez Inma Cuesta Miryam Gallego Francis Lorenzo
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	116
Production
Executive producer	Hugo Mendiri Villarruvia
Producers	César Ruíz de Diego Miguel Turón
Running time	80 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Globomedia for Televisión Española
Original release
Network	La 1
Release	February 19, 2009 (2009-02-19) – October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27)

Águila Roja (English: Red Eagle) is a Spanish adventure television series set in Spain during the 17th century. It was produced by Globomedia for Televisión Española and was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2009 to 2016. It is one of the channel's most successful shows, and its rights have been sold to several countries.

The aim of the show was to capitalize on the success of Televisión Española's period dramas such as Cuéntame cómo pasó, La Señora or Amar en tiempos revueltos, but at the same time aiming for mature audiences with a masked hero in the style of Zorro or Green Arrow as the main character. Many of the latter shows carry warnings that they are for mature audiences only.^[1]

Synopsis

The series begins in 1660 and follows Gonzalo de Montalvo (David Janer), a school teacher who trained as a ninja while exiled in Japan as he traveled through Asia during his youth, said to be the illegitimate son of reigning king Philip IV, as he becomes Águila Roja in an attempt to expose the assassin of his wife and avenge her death, which usually includes foiling plots against the monarchy planned by a secret society known as "La Logia" ("The Lodge"), amongst whose members are Lucrecia (Miryam Gallego), Marquise of Santillana, and Hernán Mejías (Francis Lorenzo), Commissioner in the Village of Madrid.

Cast

• David Janer as Gonzalo de Montalvo / Águila Roja
• Javier Gutiérrez as Saturno "Sátur" García
• Inma Cuesta as Margarita Hernando
• Miryam Gallego as Lucrecia de Guzmán, Marquesa de Santillana
• Francis Lorenzo as Hernán Mejías Benavides / El comisario
• Pepa Aniorte [es] as Catalina del Valle †
• Santiago Molero [es] as Cipriano "Cipri" Benítez
• Pepe Quero [es] as Floro Morales †
• Erika Sanz [es] as Inés †
• Roberto Álamo as Juan de Calatrava, duque de Velasco y Fonseca
• Guillermo Campra as Alonso de Montalvo Hernando
• Patrick Criado as Nuño de Santillana y Guzmán, Marqués de Santillana
• Adolfo Fernández [es] as Agustín †
• Xabier Elorriaga as Rey Felipe IV
• José Ángel Egido as Cardenal Francisco de Mendoza y Balboa
• Elisa Mouliaá as Ana / Irene de Mendoza
• Julia Gutiérrez Caba as Laura de Montignac †
• Mónica Cruz as Mariana / Claudia
• Loles León as Sagrario de Castro
• Carlos Areces as Jacobo de Castro
• Amaruk Kayshapanta as Maya Indian chief
• Óscar Casas as Gabi.^[2]
• Eusebio Poncela as Malasangre.^[3]
• Carles Francino [es] as Monseñor Adrián Vega.^[4]
• Manuela Velasco as Eugenia de Molina.^[5]
• Alberto San Juan as Víctor.^[6]
• Jorge Sanz as Trinidad.^[7]
• Manuel Manquiña as Emilio.^[7]
• Belén López as Puri.^[8]
• Gorka Otxoa as Zigor.^[3]
• Tina Sainz as Flora.^[7]
• María Pedroviejo as Anaís.^[7]
• Juan Fernández as conde de Lizana.^[9]
• Bárbara Lennie as Cristina Hernando.^[10]

† Denotes deceased character

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Nominated	Result
2009	Festival de Televisión y Cine Histórico de León[11]	Best New Actor	Guillermo Campra	Won
	Festival de Cine y Televisión de Islantilla	Best Television Series	Águila Roja	Won
	Festival de Televisión y Radio de Vitoria[12]	Premio Pasión de Críticos for best drama		Won
	Premios TP de Oro[13]	Best National Series		Won
	Premios Unión de Actores	Best television supporting actress	Inma Cuesta	Nominated
	Premios ATV[14]	Best fiction show	Águila Roja	Won
		Best producer		Won
		Best make-up and characterization		Won
		Best art direction and set design		Won
		Best cinematography and lighting		Won
		Best music for television		Nominated
	Premios CineyMás[15]	Best new Spanish series		Nominated
2010	New York International Independent Film and Video Festival[13]	Silver Medal for Best Action and Adventure Series	Águila Roja	Won
	Rose d'Or[16]	Best Multi-Platform Content		Won
	Premios Ondas	Best National Television Series		Won
	Premios Protagonistas	Television award	David Janer	Nominated
	Premios Fotogramas de Plata	Best television actor		Nominated
		Best television actress	Inma Cuesta	Nominated
	Premios Unión de Actores	Best television supporting actor	Francis Lorenzo	Nominated
	Premios ALMA	Best television screenplay	Águila Roja	Nominated
	Premios TP de Oro	Best national series		Won
		Best actor	David Janer	Nominated
	Premios CINE&TELE	Most watched show in Spain	Águila Roja	Won
	Premios ATV	Best fiction show		Nominated
		Best series actress	Inma Cuesta	Nominated
		Best filming	Águila Roja	Nominated
		Best make-up and characterization		Nominated
		Best art direction and set design		Won
		Best cinematography and lighting		Won
		Best music for television		Nominated
	Premios CineyMás[17]	Best national series		Won
		Best Spanish actor	David Janer	Won
2011	ACE Awards[18]	Best characteristic	Francis Lorenzo	Won
		Television personality of the year	Miryam Gallego	Won
	Premios Fotogramas de Plata[19]	Best television actor	David Janer	Nominated
		Best television actress	Inma Cuesta	Won
	Premios Pétalo[20]	Best actress		Won
	Premios Kapital[21]	Best fiction series	Águila Roja	Won
	Premios CineyMás	Best Spanish series		Won
		Best Spanish actor	David Janer	Won
		Best Spanish actress	Miryam Gallego	Won
	Premios Pizquita Series	Best Spanish drama series	Águila Roja	Nominated
		Best cast in Spanish series		Nominated
		Best female performance in Spanish drama series	Miryam Gallego	Won
		Best soundtrack in Spanish series	Águila Roja	Won
		Best fictional couple in Spanish series	Miryam Gallego & Francis Lorenzo	Nominated
	Premios TP de Oro	Best Spanish series	Águila Roja	Won
		Best actor	David Janer	Won
	Premios Unión de Actores	Best television main actor	Javier Gutiérrez	Won
2012	Premios CineyMás	Best Spanish series	Águila Roja	Won
		Best Spanish main actor	David Janer	Won
		Best Spanish main actress	Inma Cuesta	Won
		Best Spanish supporting actor	Javier Gutiérrez	Won
		Best Spanish supporting actress	Miryam Gallego	Won
2014	2nd MiM Series Awards [es][22]	Best Actor	Javier Gutiérrez	Won

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