Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa
Encyclopedia
Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa (The Sword and the Rose) is a Spanish-language telenovela
based on Johnston McCulley
's characters. Telemundo
aired it from February 12 to July 23, 2007. This limited-run serial shows the masked crusader as a hero torn between his fight for justice and his love for a beautiful woman. Telemundo president Don Browne
called this show "without doubt the best production offered on Hispanic television in the United States today."http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/elzorrolaespada/News.HTM
This series was produced by Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television
International (SPTI) and RTI Colombia
. This series was filmed in Colombia.
It was the network's most successful series of 2007 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5eded68f1bef1eea786da1ac1bfcfd67 and its biggest seller in international syndication.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979637.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562 Sony Pictures Television
International (SPTI) has asked Telemundo to produce a sequel.http://www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003661110
This telenovela was sold to 29 countries around the world.
of Zorro
from the 2005 novel by Isabel Allende
, yet also uses the major characters from the 1950s Disney series. It shows a fantastic
, ahistorical version of colonial Los Angeles full of romance, royal intrigue, and witchcraft, even polygamy. The city is populated with gypsies, slaves, clerics, cannibals, conspirators, rebellious Indians and Amazon warriors, along with Spanish settlers, soldiers, pirates and mestizo peasants.
The hero, Don Diego de la Vega, adopts the secret identity of Zorro, the masked avenger. Instead of being a Spaniard, however, Diego is now a mestizo
born in the 1790s to a white father, Don Alejandro de la Vega, and his wife, a Native American
warrior named Toypurnia, who was given the name Regina when she married Alejandro.
Diego learned his acrobatics and fencing skills in Spain, under the tutelage of a great swordmaster. Remembering the injustices he saw as a child, he returned to his family's California hacienda
. Now he lives as both a nobleman and a vigilante, fighting imperialist oppression. He is backed by the brotherhood of Zorro, a secret society called the Knights of the Broken Thorn.
Since this is a telenovela, much of the drama focuses on romantic melodrama and family intrigue. Here, Zorro falls in love with a beautiful young widow, Esmeralda Sánchez de Moncada. She arrives in California with her sister Mariángel Sánchez de Moncada and her father, Fernando Sánchez de Moncada, the newly appointed governor—and villainous dictator—of Los Angeles.
The hero must challenge a host of evildoers, branding them with the distinctive Zorro "Z" – made from three swift scratches. The story arc focuses on mysteries concerning Esmeralda's long-lost mother and the man whose atrocities changed Diego's life forever. Their resolution threatens to shake the Spanish Empire.
In this story Don Diego is sexually active. Much of the show spotlights the two sisters whom he allegedly impregnates outside of wedlock. One of these women is Esmeralda, who winds up imprisoned, starved and tortured. The other, Mariángel, plots to steal the de la Vega fortune.
From Telemundo's promotional copy:
The opening sequences show a shot of Diego looking at his mask. "Tú y yo estamos enamorados de la misma mujer", he says. The epigram translates as "you and I are in love with the same woman."
, Villa de Leyva
and Cartagena, Colombia
.http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/boyaca/2007-02-20/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3444707.html
Telemundo and RTI Colombia
developed the show with Sony Pictures Television
International (SPTI), while CPT Holdings is listed as copyright holder. Venezuelan screenwriter Humberto "Kiko" Olivieri, a fan of Disney's Zorro, developed the story.http://www.eluniversal.com/2007/03/11/qhay_art_205624.shtml Cardinal Olivieri, a supporting character on the show, has the same last name.
Telemundo aired this novela with English subtitles on the default closed captioning channel, CC1. The network normally broadcast translations on CC3, which is not available on many older TV sets. It also expanded two weeks of March episodes to 90 minutes and several episodes in May were extended to 75 and 90 minutes.
On June 22, Telemundo announced Zorro is in its final chapters.http://tv.telemundo.yahoo.com/zorro/episodios/11062007/71/zorro-lunes.html After the July 23 finale, La Esclava Isaura
expanded into its time slot.http://nbcumv.com/telemundo/listings.nbc?start_time=2200&end_time=2400&start_date=2007-07-01&end_date=2007-07-31
This series is also known as Zorro: La Telenovela and Zorro: La Novela.
Beyoncé and Alejandro Fernández
performed Amor Gitano
(Gypsy Love), a flamenco-pop track commissioned by Sony for the series. According to the label's translation, Fernández sings, "I'm your gypsy, your pilgrim. I'm your thief, I'm going to love you even if they tear my heart out." http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070206/latu088.html?.v=89 Since Beyoncé does not speak Spanish, she sang the lyrics phonetically. The single hit number one on Spain's singles chart.
of around 0.6, with a 1 share. The network considered expanding the serial's run, http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6434028.html but decided against it.
Zorro has been sold to broadcasters in 43 countries. http://www.azcentral.com/lavoz/ent/articles/0227zorra-CR.html Telemundo and Sony split the international rights, with Sony holding the rights for Latin America. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1Y1-103177132.html On February 26, 2007, the show started airing in Colombia on Caracol TV
. http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/elzorrolaespada/SumCol.HTM
In Romania
, Zorro debuted on Acasa TV on March 5, 2007. The pilot episode aired with hard English subtitles in the USA on Universal HD
. It premiered in Argentina on March 26, 2007, on Telefé
.
In the Philippines
Zorro will debut on ABS-CBN
, on September 10, 2007-February 21, 2008, Weekday afternoons at 3 after Wowowee
.
In Puerto Rico
, the telenovela officially started airing on Telemundo on October 2, 2007 and in Finland on January 10, 2008, Nelonen
In Bulgaria
, the telenovela officially started airing on April 15, 2008 on BTV
In Serbia
, the telenovela officially started airing on June 23, 2008 on RTV Pink
.
In Hungary: August 25, 2008
In Poland since September 1, 2008 on TV Puls
In People's Republic of China
:since October 31, 2008 on CCTV-8
In Slovenia
will start on November 3, 2010 on POP TV
In Spain the telenovela aired on Antena 3TV weekdays at 16hrs from Monday 27 April 2007 where it achieved moderate success in the tough "second Primetime" afternoon slot.
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
based on Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro...
's characters. Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
aired it from February 12 to July 23, 2007. This limited-run serial shows the masked crusader as a hero torn between his fight for justice and his love for a beautiful woman. Telemundo president Don Browne
Don Browne
Don Browne is the president of Telemundo, an American Spanish-language television network based in Hialeah, Florida.- See also :...
called this show "without doubt the best production offered on Hispanic television in the United States today."http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/elzorrolaespada/News.HTM
This series was produced by Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...
International (SPTI) and RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana , is a Colombian television production company. It aired 14.5 per week of programming each week in 1993....
. This series was filmed in Colombia.
It was the network's most successful series of 2007 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5eded68f1bef1eea786da1ac1bfcfd67 and its biggest seller in international syndication.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979637.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562 Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...
International (SPTI) has asked Telemundo to produce a sequel.http://www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003661110
This telenovela was sold to 29 countries around the world.
Plot summary
The melodrama loosely follows the retconRetcon
Retroactive continuity is the alteration of previously established facts in a fictional work. Retcons are done for many reasons, including the accommodation of sequels or further derivative works in a series, wherein newer authors or creators want to revise the in-story history to allow a course...
of Zorro
Zorro
Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
from the 2005 novel by Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...
, yet also uses the major characters from the 1950s Disney series. It shows a fantastic
Fantastic
The Fantastic is a literary term that describes a quality of other literary genres, and, in some cases, is used as a genre in and of itself, although in this case it is often conflated with the Supernatural. The term was originated in the structuralist theory of critic Tzvetan Todorov in his work...
, ahistorical version of colonial Los Angeles full of romance, royal intrigue, and witchcraft, even polygamy. The city is populated with gypsies, slaves, clerics, cannibals, conspirators, rebellious Indians and Amazon warriors, along with Spanish settlers, soldiers, pirates and mestizo peasants.
The hero, Don Diego de la Vega, adopts the secret identity of Zorro, the masked avenger. Instead of being a Spaniard, however, Diego is now a mestizo
Mestizo
Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America, Philippines and Spain for people of mixed European and Native American heritage or descent...
born in the 1790s to a white father, Don Alejandro de la Vega, and his wife, a Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
warrior named Toypurnia, who was given the name Regina when she married Alejandro.
Diego learned his acrobatics and fencing skills in Spain, under the tutelage of a great swordmaster. Remembering the injustices he saw as a child, he returned to his family's California hacienda
Hacienda
Hacienda is a Spanish word for an estate. Some haciendas were plantations, mines, or even business factories. Many haciendas combined these productive activities...
. Now he lives as both a nobleman and a vigilante, fighting imperialist oppression. He is backed by the brotherhood of Zorro, a secret society called the Knights of the Broken Thorn.
Since this is a telenovela, much of the drama focuses on romantic melodrama and family intrigue. Here, Zorro falls in love with a beautiful young widow, Esmeralda Sánchez de Moncada. She arrives in California with her sister Mariángel Sánchez de Moncada and her father, Fernando Sánchez de Moncada, the newly appointed governor—and villainous dictator—of Los Angeles.
The hero must challenge a host of evildoers, branding them with the distinctive Zorro "Z" – made from three swift scratches. The story arc focuses on mysteries concerning Esmeralda's long-lost mother and the man whose atrocities changed Diego's life forever. Their resolution threatens to shake the Spanish Empire.
In this story Don Diego is sexually active. Much of the show spotlights the two sisters whom he allegedly impregnates outside of wedlock. One of these women is Esmeralda, who winds up imprisoned, starved and tortured. The other, Mariángel, plots to steal the de la Vega fortune.
From Telemundo's promotional copy:
At heart, Zorro is not different from other men in his need to love and to be loved, his desire to fall in love and form a family, and his ambition to find the ideal woman. Will he obtain them?"http://tv.telemundo.yahoo.com/zorrotv/fotos/1/24012007/71/zorrotv-romances.html
The opening sequences show a shot of Diego looking at his mask. "Tú y yo estamos enamorados de la misma mujer", he says. The epigram translates as "you and I are in love with the same woman."
Main cast
| Actor | Character | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Meier Christian Meier Christian Dietrich Meier Zender is a well-known Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America.-Biography:Christian Dietrich Meier Zender was born in Lima, Peru, the youngest of four children. He is the son of Gladys Zender, Miss Universe 1957, and Antonio Meier. His father is from Peru and his mother... |
Diego de la Vega \ Zorro Zorro Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media.... |
main hero |
| Marlene Favela Marlene Favela Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz is a Mexican actress. She studied at "Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa in Mexico City and is also a model... |
Esmeralda Sánchez de Moncada | main heroine |
| Arturo Peniche Arturo Peniche Arturo Peniche is a famous Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela La Traicion.-Biography:... |
Fernando Sánchez de Moncada | governor, father of Esmeralda and Mariángel, in love with Maria Pia (Accidentally killed by Mariangel) |
| Osvaldo Ríos Osvaldo Ríos Osvaldo Ríos born Osvaldo Ríos Alonso on October 25, 1960 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican actor, model, singer, and guitarist, of Armenian descent, who is best known for his roles in telenovelas... |
Don Alejandro de la Vega | father of Diego, in love with Almudena |
| Erick Elías Erick Elias Erick Elías is a Mexican actor, model and singer.Erick Elias began his studies in acting, music, dance, and modeling at a very young age. He moved to Mexico City, soon after graduating from high school... |
Renzo | gypsy, in love with Esmeralda |
| Héctor Suárez Gomís Héctor Suárez Gomís Héctor Suárez Gomís is a Mexican actor and former singer. Formerly known as Héctor Suárez Jr. and Héctor Suárez hijo, he is the son of Héctor Suárez, also an actor and of Pepita Gomís a television host.... |
Capitán Anibal Pizarro | accomplice of Montero, villain |
| Andrea López Andrea López Andrea Lopez is a Colombian actress. She is best known for her antagonistic roles in telenovelas.- Telenovelas :* El secretario .... Paola Zorrilla* El Clon .... Marissa... |
Mariángel Sánchez de Moncada Mariángel Sánchez de Moncada Mariángel is the female villain of the 2007 Colombian telenovela Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa. She is played in the telenovela by Andrea Lopéz.-Character:... |
not capable of love, second most evil villain, in love with Diego (Dies together with Olmos) |
| Harry Geithner | Comandante Ricardo Montero de Avila | enemy of "El Zorro", most evil villain, in love with Esmeralda (Killed by Zorro) |
| Jorge Cao | Padre Tomás Villarte | priest, mentor of Zorro |
| Natasha Klauss Natasha Klauss Natasha Alexandra Rastapkavicius Arrondo , professionally known as Natasha Klauss, is a Colombian actress of Colombian and Lithuanian descent, best known for her roles in Telemundo telenovelas La Venganza, Pasión de Gavilanes and Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa.- Early life :Natasha Klauss was... |
Sor Ana Camila Suplicios | troubled nun |
| César Mora | Sargento Demetrio López García | sergeant |
| Lully Bosa | Almudena Sánchez de Moncada | sister of Fernando, aunt of Esmeralda and Mariángel |
| Raúl Gutierrez Raúl Gutierrez Raúl Gutierrez Sagredo is a retired Bolivian football midfielder. He currently works in Blooming's youth sector as one of the managers.-Club career:... |
Olmos Berroterran de la Guardia | hunchback, villain, in love with Mariangel (Dies with Mariangel at the end) |
| Andrea Montenegro Andrea Montenegro Andrea Mónica Montenegro DeFreitas, known as Andrea Montenegro , is a Peruvian actress and model well known for her participation in various telenovelas such as Zorro, la Espada y la Rosa, Latin Lover , La viuda de la Mafia and currently in Telemundo's El Clon. She has a daughter with Abel... |
María Pía de la Vega | sister of Alejandro, former love of Fernando |
| Ricardo González | Bernardo | mute, assistant of Diego |
| Luigi Ayacardi | Tobias del Valle y Campos | dandy Dandy A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self... , marries Catalina |
| Germán Rojas | Jonás | gypsy, father of Renzo |
| Ana Bolena Meza | Sara Kali/Mercedes Mayorga de Aragon | mother of Esmeralda |
| Adriana Campos | Yumalay/Guadalupe and Toypurnia/Regina | Indian, in love with Alejandro |
| Margarita Giraldo | Azucena | gypsy, mother of Renzo |
| Marilyn Patiño | Catalina | Tobias del Valle y Campos wife, ex-girlfriend of Diego, friend of Mariángel |
| Natalia Bedoya | Laisha | gypsy, wife of Miguel |
| Carmen Marina Torres Carmen Marina Torres Carmen Marina Torres, Colombian actress well known for her participation in various telenovelas such as Zorro, La Espada Y La Rosa, La Tormenta and currently in Telemundo's El Clon.- Telenovelas :* 2010 - El Clon. ... Estella... |
Dolores | slave, nanny of Diego |
Supporting cast
- Talu Quintero
- Jose Saldarriaga
- Fernando Corridor
- Alberto Saavedra
- Orlando Valenzuela .... Miguel - gypsy
- David Noreña
- Alejandro Tamayo
- Catalina Vela
- Alejandra Guzmán
- Lina Angarita
- Adriana Martin
- Nicolas Niño
- Anderson Barbosa
- Jesus David Forero
- Mauricio Bravo
- Jaime Rayo
- Julian Alvarez
- Gabriel Gonzalez
- Ivelyn Giró .... María Luísa Burgos de Castilla - Queen of Spain
- Teresa GutiérrezTeresa Gutiérrez (actress)Teresa Gutiérrez was a Colombian actress best known for her roles in TV series. Since the genesis of the television broadcasting in Colombia in she has appeared in numerous series, including Seguro y urgente, Te voy a enseñar a querer and Como Pedro por su casa...
.... La Marquesa Carmen Santillana de la Roquette - the Marquessa - Didier van der HoveDidier van der HoveDidier van der Hove is a Belgian-Colombian telenovela actor.- Biography :Didier van der Hove was born in in Brusells, Belgium and moved to Colombia when he was 10 years old....
.... Santiago Michelena - friend of Diego, ex-lover of Mariángel - El Francés .... ToronadoToronado (Zorro horse)Toronado / Tornado is a horse ridden by the character Zorro in several movies and books. Toronado is referred to as a black Andalusian in the movie The Mask of Zorro, however in filming a Friesian plays the role. Toronado is said to be very intelligent and very fast. His name is pronounced in the...
- Zorro's horse - Valentina Acosta .... Selenia
Production
Zorro began filming on November 8, 2006 in BogotáBogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Villa de Leyva
Villa de Leyva
Villa de Leyva is a colonial town and municipality, in the Boyacá department of Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. The town is located some 40 km west of Tunja and has a population of about 9,600 people...
and Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...
.http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/boyaca/2007-02-20/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3444707.html
Telemundo and RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana , is a Colombian television production company. It aired 14.5 per week of programming each week in 1993....
developed the show with Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...
International (SPTI), while CPT Holdings is listed as copyright holder. Venezuelan screenwriter Humberto "Kiko" Olivieri, a fan of Disney's Zorro, developed the story.http://www.eluniversal.com/2007/03/11/qhay_art_205624.shtml Cardinal Olivieri, a supporting character on the show, has the same last name.
Telemundo aired this novela with English subtitles on the default closed captioning channel, CC1. The network normally broadcast translations on CC3, which is not available on many older TV sets. It also expanded two weeks of March episodes to 90 minutes and several episodes in May were extended to 75 and 90 minutes.
On June 22, Telemundo announced Zorro is in its final chapters.http://tv.telemundo.yahoo.com/zorro/episodios/11062007/71/zorro-lunes.html After the July 23 finale, La Esclava Isaura
A Escrava Isaura (2004 TV series)
A Escrava Isaura is a 2004 Brazilian telenovela based on A Escrava Isaura, an 1875 abolitionist romance novel by Bernardo Guimarães. The series tells the story of a coffee-plantation owner's passion for one of his slaves...
expanded into its time slot.http://nbcumv.com/telemundo/listings.nbc?start_time=2200&end_time=2400&start_date=2007-07-01&end_date=2007-07-31
This series is also known as Zorro: La Telenovela and Zorro: La Novela.
Changes
The originally-announced storyline began with Don Diego as the protege of a great English knight, Sir Edmund Kendel. He returns home to California to find his land under dictatorship, then taking up Zorro's mantle.http://www.hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=19260 When the show aired, it was the Moncada family that arrived in California, with Esmeralda having become a rich widow.Theme Song
- See also Amor GitanoAmor Gitano"Amor gitano" is a latin pop duet song by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández and American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. The song contains a mixture of cultures, mostly influenced by the exotic language of Fernández, that is Spanish, and Knowles' pop and R&B influences...
Beyoncé and Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
performed Amor Gitano
Amor Gitano
"Amor gitano" is a latin pop duet song by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández and American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. The song contains a mixture of cultures, mostly influenced by the exotic language of Fernández, that is Spanish, and Knowles' pop and R&B influences...
(Gypsy Love), a flamenco-pop track commissioned by Sony for the series. According to the label's translation, Fernández sings, "I'm your gypsy, your pilgrim. I'm your thief, I'm going to love you even if they tear my heart out." http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070206/latu088.html?.v=89 Since Beyoncé does not speak Spanish, she sang the lyrics phonetically. The single hit number one on Spain's singles chart.
International airings
Zorro averaged 635,000 core viewers during March, 2007 on Telemundo. The audience jumped 28 percent from February in the network's key demographic, Hispanic adults from age 18 to 49. http://nbcumv.com/telemundo/release_detail.nbc/telemundo-20070409000000-telemundo58theo.html Overall, the show has had Nielsen ratingsNielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
of around 0.6, with a 1 share. The network considered expanding the serial's run, http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6434028.html but decided against it.
Zorro has been sold to broadcasters in 43 countries. http://www.azcentral.com/lavoz/ent/articles/0227zorra-CR.html Telemundo and Sony split the international rights, with Sony holding the rights for Latin America. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1Y1-103177132.html On February 26, 2007, the show started airing in Colombia on Caracol TV
Caracol TV
Caracol Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by Julio Mario Santo Domingo.- History :Caracol Televisión started in 1954 when Organización de Radiodifusora Caracol offered to afford national television costs, then state-run, through commercial spots...
. http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/elzorrolaespada/SumCol.HTM
In Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Zorro debuted on Acasa TV on March 5, 2007. The pilot episode aired with hard English subtitles in the USA on Universal HD
Universal HD
Universal HD is an HDTV cable television network owned by NBCUniversal. The channel was known as Bravo HD+ until December 1, 2004. The network exclusively broadcasts in high definition 1080i...
. It premiered in Argentina on March 26, 2007, on Telefé
Telefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
.
In the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
Zorro will debut on ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
, on September 10, 2007-February 21, 2008, Weekday afternoons at 3 after Wowowee
Wowowee
Wowowee was a Philippine noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show premiered on February 5, 2005, and aired live on weekdays and Saturdays. The show was also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel...
.
In Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, the telenovela officially started airing on Telemundo on October 2, 2007 and in Finland on January 10, 2008, Nelonen
Nelonen
Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on June 1, 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is...
In Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, the telenovela officially started airing on April 15, 2008 on BTV
In Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, the telenovela officially started airing on June 23, 2008 on RTV Pink
RTV Pink
RTV Pink or Radio-Television Pink is a popular, privately-owned, national TV network in Serbia. Pink is the leading commercial station in the Serbian television broadcast market. TV Pink has gained a strong reputation for its entertainment programming...
.
In Hungary: August 25, 2008
In Poland since September 1, 2008 on TV Puls
TV Puls
TV Puls is a Polish commercial television channel, which was based on Telewizja Niepokalanów with the support of companies such as PKN Orlen, KGHM Polska Miedź, PZU Życie, Prokom and which started broadcasting in March 2001. Due to financial problems, ended broadcasting on April 1, 2003...
In People's Republic of China
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:since October 31, 2008 on CCTV-8
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In Slovenia
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will start on November 3, 2010 on POP TV
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In Spain the telenovela aired on Antena 3TV weekdays at 16hrs from Monday 27 April 2007 where it achieved moderate success in the tough "second Primetime" afternoon slot.
Supporting Characters
- Aaron, the exorcist
- Agapito, the barber/surgeon/undertaker
- Aguirre, the soldier
- Alejandro, Elena and Fernanda, children
- Alfonso, the suitor
- Camba, the slave
- Catalina, Diego's ex-girlfriend
- Don Enrique de Castilla y Leon
- Fulgencio, the soldier
- Hermes, the prisoner
- Jacobo Almagro de Castilla, Duke of Albatroz
- Javier, the gypsy
- Juan, the guard of horses
- Judge Quintana
- Leroy, the soldier
- Macario, the soldier
- Maestro Abelardo Samaniego de Villarte
- Mejias, the soldier
- Miguel, the gypsy
- la mujer de la rosa (the lady of the rose)
- Selenia, the witch
- The Kala-Kala, a tribe of cannibals
- White Buffalo, the grandmother of Diego
See also
- ZorroZorroZorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
- Character profiles from the 1950s ZorroZorroZorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
series.
External links
- Telemundo International Zorro page (English, requires FlashAdobe Flash PlayerThe Adobe Flash Player is software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications and streaming video and audio, on a computer web browser or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other...
) - La espada y la rosa Zorro page with summaries (English)
- Telenovela World (bilingual)
Spanish
- Telemundo main Zorro page (Spanish)
- Canal Caracol Zorro page (Spanish)