''El vuelo del águila'' (''The Flight of the Eagle'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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under the supervision of

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the wo ...

for

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in 1994-1995. The series is based on the life of the General and later President of Mexico

Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a General (Mexico), Mexican general and politician who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 until Mexican Revolution, his overthrow in 1911 seizing power in a Plan ...

, from whose name the term "Porfirian Era" or "

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" was derived to denote the period of his government, which dated from 1876 to 1911. The main character was portrayed by

Fabián Robles Fabián Robles (born April 16, 1974 in León de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. Robles began his career in 1994 by participating in the soap opera '' El vuelo del águila''. Family and personal Fabián Robles’ father is a ...

Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita Moreno (, born September 2, 1954) is a Mexican actor, director and producer. Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. Acting career He made his first stage ...

and

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film ''Romancing the Stone''. C ...

during the different stages of his life.

Plot

A military hero in the Reform Wars,

was also one of the strategists behind the overthrow of the empire by Republicans. Several times he tried to attain power through military coups, but was defeated until a last revolt in 1876 took him to the Presidency of the Republic. Except for a short period of four years, he governed until 1911, when a takeover by

Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in Februa ...

forced him into exile. He lived long enough to see his revolution fall apart and all of his gains destroyed by his own lengthy stay in power. As a hero or a sly weaver of intrigues, Porfirio Diaz learns, fights, plots, governs, kills, pacificies, loves, suffers, cries, devotes himself to his work and does not abandon it until his own people rise to expel him.

Cast

Main

(Adult) *

as Porfirio Díaz (Young) *

Jacqueline Andere María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress. Life and career Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20, 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...

Carmen Romero Rubio Fabiana Sebastiana María Carmen Romero Rubio y Castelló (20 January 1864 – 25 June 1944), was the second wife of Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico. Youth Carmen Romero Rubio was born on January 20 of 1864 in Tula, Tamaulipas to a wealt ...

(Adult) * Mariana Levy as Carmen Romero Rubio (Young)

Recurring and guest stars

*Ismael Aguilar as

Tomás Mejía José Tomás de la Luz Mejía Camacho, better known as Tomás Mejía (17 September 1820 – 19 June 1867), was a Mexican soldier of Otomi background, who consistently sided with the Conservative Party (Mexico), Conservative Party throughout its ...

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as Agustina Castelló Rivas (Adult) *Isabel Andrade as Desideria Díaz *Roberto Antúnez as Cenobio Márquez *

Armando Araiza Armando Araiza (born Armando Araiza Herrera on September 1, 1969) is a Mexican actor. Early life Araiza was born September 1, 1969, in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a son of director Raúl Araiza and actress Norma Herrera. He has an older brother ...

as Bolero *

Roberto Ballesteros Roberto Ballesteros (born March 22, 1952) is a Mexican actor. In some media it has been erroneously published that the actor is originally from Peru. However, the actor himself has denied this information and exhibited his birth certificate to con ...

Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...

Luis Bayardo Luis Jorge Bayardo Ramírez (born October 28, 1935) is a Mexican actor. Filmography Films Television Self Dubbing Luis Bayardo is also a voice actor who does Latin Spanish dubs in several films and series. Animation *Timothy ...

*Óscar Bonfiglio as Gustavo A. Madero *

Socorro Bonilla Socorro Bonilla (born María del Socorro Martínez Ortega on August 20, 1947) is a Mexican actress. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * 1947 births Socorro Living people Socorro Mexican child actresses ...

as Margarita Maza *

Diana Bracho Diana Bracho (born Diana Guadalupe Bracho y Bordes Mangel; 12 December 1944) is a Mexican actress. Early life Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the aunt of actor Julio Bracho (n ...

as Sara Pérez Romero *

Claudio Brook Claude Sydney Brook Marnat (28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995), known as Claudio Brook, was a Mexican actor. Active in film, stage, and television over a career spanning nearly 40-years, he was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican Cin ...

Manuel Romero Rubio Manuel Romero Rubio (Mexico City, March 7, 1828 – Mexico City, October 3, 1895), was a Mexican politician and lawyer who participated in the governments of Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada and Porfirio Díaz. Education as a lawye ...

*Raúl Buenfil as

Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a Mexican Army officer and politician. He is best known for leading a Mexican army of 3,791 men which defeated a 5,730-strong force of French troops at the battle of Puebla ...

*Quintín Bulnes as

Henry Lane Wilson Henry Lane Wilson (November 3, 1857 – December 22, 1932) was an American attorney, journalist, and diplomat who served successively as United States Minister to Chile (1897–1904), Minister to Belgium (1905–09), and Ambassador to Mexico ( ...

*Juan Carlos Casasola as Francisco Zarco *Mario Casillas as Carlos Pacheco *Óscar Castañeda as

Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...

*César Castro as

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Martha Mariana Castro Martha Mariana Castro (born November 7, 1966) is a Mexican actress. She was married to actor Fernando Luján, with whom she has a son, Franco Paolo Ciangherotti. Early life Born in Cuautla, Morelos, she grew up in the city of Puebla and earned ...

as Rafaela Quiñónes / Justa Saavedra *

Lumi Cavazos Luz Maria Cavazos (born 21 December 1968) is a Mexican actress. She won Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil's Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of Tita in '' Like Water for Chocolate''. The film received the attention ...

as Amada Díaz *Jorge Celaya as Esteban Aragón *Uri Chartarifsky as José *Uriel Chávez as Homobono *Eugenio Cobo as

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920), known as Venustiano Carranza, was a Mexican land owner and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1917 until his assassination in 1920, during the Mexican Re ...

Juan Carlos Colombo Juan Carlos Colombo (born 7 November 1950 in San Juan, Argentina) is an Argentine–Mexican actor. He has resided in Mexico since 1975, where he studied acting and met his wife, actress Patricia Eguía. Colombo is the father of the Argentine-Mexi ...

Melchor Ocampo Melchor Ocampo (4 January 1814 – 3 June 1861) was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and politician. A zambo and a radical liberal, he was fiercely anticlerical, perhaps an atheist, and his early writings against the Catholic Church in Mexico gaine ...

*Carlos Corres as Justo Benítez (16 years old) *Constantino Costas as Espinoza / Gorostiza *

Pedro Damián Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican television producer, actor, director and executive producer of popular teen telenovelas. His works include '' Clase 406, Lola, Érase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebe ...

José María Pino Suárez José María Pino Suárez (; 8 September 1869 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican politician, lawyer, journalist, and newspaper proprietor. He served as the seventh and last Vice President of Mexico from 1911 until his assassination in 1913, ...

*Roberto D'Amico as

Manuel González Flores José Manuel del Refugio González Flores (17 June 1833 – 8 May 1893) was a Mexican general and liberal politician who served as the 35th President of Mexico from 1880 to 1884. Before initiating his presidential career, González played i ...

(Adult) *

Alma Delfina Alma Delfina (née Martínez Ortega) is a Mexican actress. Acting career She started her career in 1974 in the telenovela '' Mundo de juguete''. In the 1970s she was active principally on movies. In the 1980s acted in soap operas like ''Guadal ...

Delfina Ortega Díaz Delfina Ortega Díaz (October 20, 1845 – April 8, 1880) was the first lady of Mexico, as Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a General (Mexico), Mexican general and politician w ...

*Carlos East as

Enrique Flores Magón Enrique Flores Magón (13 April 1877 – 28 October 1954) was a Mexican journalist and politician, associated with the Mexican Liberal Party and anarchism. His name is most frequently linked with that of his elder brother, Ricardo Flores Magó ...

Julieta Egurrola Julieta Egurrola (born 13 June 1953) is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at Centro Universitario de Teatro and has participated in more than 41 theater plays. Filmography Film * ''El infierno tan temido'' (1975) * '' María de mi corazón ...

as Luisa Romero Rubio *

Humberto Elizondo Humberto Elizondo Kauffman (born July 19, 1947) is a Mexican actor of film and television, the son of Mexican diplomat Humberto Elizondo Alardine and Canadian actress Fannie Kauffman. Currently, he portrays Aquiles Trueba in '' Un refugio para el ...

Manuel Mondragón Manuel Mondragón (1859–1922) was a Mexican military officer who played a prominent role in the Mexican Revolution. He graduated from the Mexican Military Academy as an artillery officer in 1880. He designed the world’s first gas-operated se ...

Irán Eory Irán Eory (; 21 October 1937 – 10 March 2002, born Elvira Teresa Eory) was an Iranian actress. She achieved fame in Mexico after moving to that country in the late 1960s. Biography She was born in Tehran, Iran, to an Austrian Jewish father ...

as Agustina Castelló Rivas (Young) *José Antonio Ferral as Father Pardo *

Laura Flores Laura Aurora Flores Heras (born August 23, 1963) is a Mexican actress, hostess and singer. Biography Laura Flores had a hit single "El Alma No Tiene Color" ("The Soul Has No Color"), which was a duet with Marco Antonio Solís taken from the ...

Carlota of Mexico Charlotte of Mexico (; ; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also ...

*Esteban Franco as Félix Díaz *Rocío Gallardo as Damiana *Juan Pablo Garciadiego as Luis Mier y Terán *Fidel Garriga as

José María Iglesias José María Juan Nepomuceno Crisóforo Iglesias Inzáurraga (5 January 1823 – 17 December 1891) was a Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and liberal politician. He is known as author of the Iglesias law, an anticlerical law regulating e ...

* Jaime Garza as

Ricardo Flores Magón Cipriano Ricardo Flores Magón (; known as Ricardo Flores Magón; September 16, 1874 – November 21, 1922) was a Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique Flores Magón, Enrique and Jesús Flores Magón, Jesús were ...

* Luis Gimeno as

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*Magda Giner as María Cañas Buch *Miguel Gómez Checa as Marcos Pérez *

Ernesto Gómez Cruz Ernesto Gómez Cruz (7 November 1933 – 6 April 2024) was a Mexican actor with more than 154 film credits. At the time of his death, he was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Gómez was nominated several t ...

Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he w ...

*Tomás Goros as

Jesús González Ortega Jesús González Ortega ( Valparaíso, Zacatecas, January 20, 1822 – Saltillo, Coahuila, February 28, 1881) was a Mexican soldier and politician; governor of Zacatecas who was a notable ally of President Benito Juárez during the War of Refo ...

Salma Hayek Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault ( , ; ; born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela ''Teresa (1989 TV series), Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well a ...

as Juana Catalina Romero *Mel Herrera as Porfirio Díaz Ortega *

Aarón Hernán Aarón Hernán (; 20 November 1930 – 26 April 2020) was a Mexican telenovela and film actor. Early life Aarón Hernán was born on 20 November 1930, in Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico, as Aarón Hernández Rodríguez. Selected filmography * '' T ...

as Bernardo Reyes *Blanca Ireri as Delfina Ortega Díaz (9 years old) *José Antonio Iturriaga as Flavio Maldonado *

Israel Jaitovich Israel Jaitovich Cortés (born 12 August 1969 in Mexico City) is a Premios TVyNovelas award-winning Mexican actor, producer, writer and racing car driver. He produced and co-hosted the Televisa variety series '' Desmadruga2.'' Jaitovich began h ...

as Manuel González Flores (Young) * Luz María Jerez as Doña Inés *Eduardo Liñán as

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Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer and actress. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At the age of eleven, she was part ...

as Delfina Ortega Díaz (Child) *Ángeles Marín as Nicolasa Díaz *Beatriz Martínez as

Princess Sophie of Bavaria Princess Sophie of Bavaria (Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine; 27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Caroline of Baden. The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of ...

* Gonzalo Martínez Ortega as

Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa ( , , ; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced ...

Mario Iván Martínez Mario Iván Martínez (born Mario Iván Martínez Morales on February 17, 1962) is a Mexican actor. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * Mario Iván Martínez Official Website 1962 births Mario Living peopl ...

Maximilian I of Mexico Maximilian I (; ; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian archduke who became Emperor of Mexico, emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Restored Republic (Mexico), Mexican Republ ...

Antonio Medellín Antonio Medellín (15 April 1934 – 18 June 2017) was a Mexican film and television actor. He was known for his roles in the telenovelas ''Muchachitas'' and '' Rubí''. In film, he was known for his role in the 1982 drama Mexican film '' Aq ...

as Felipe Berriozábal *

Ramón Menéndez Ramón Menéndez (born January 21, 1950) is a Cuban-American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film '' Stand and Deliver''. His other film directing credits include '' Money for Nothing'' (1993) ...

as Manuel González de Cosío *

Raúl Meraz Raúl Meraz Estrada (March 13, 1927 – April 20, 1996) was a Mexican actor of film and television. Selected filmography *''Balajú'' (1944) - Pueblerino (uncredited) * '' The Little House'' (1950) - Invitado a fiesta *''La fiera'' (1956) - Jos ...

Francisco León de la Barra Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano (16 June 1863 – 23 September 1939) was a Mexican political figure and diplomat who served as the 36th President of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911 during the Mexican Revolution, following the resign ...

*Marystell Molina as Paula de Anda *Roberto Montiel as Dr. Manuel Antonio Ortega * Óscar Morelli as Ignacio Martínez de Pinillos *José Luis Moreno López as Ignacio Mejía *

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as Lorenzo *Juan Carlos Muñoz as

Miguel Miramón Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo, known as Miguel Miramón, (29 September 1831 – 19 June 1867) was a Mexican Conservative Party (Mexico), conservative general who disputed the president of Mexico, Mexican presidency with ...

*Montserrat Ontiveros as Nicolasa Díaz (16 years old) / Sofía Romero Rubio *Claudia Ortega as Manuela Díaz (18 years old) *Adalberto Parra as

Juan Almonte Juan Nepomuceno Almonte Ramírez (May 15, 1803 – March 21, 1869) was a Mexican soldier, commander, minister of war, congressman, diplomat, presidential candidate, and regent. The natural son of Catholic cleric José María Morelos, a leading c ...

*Mariana Ramírez Navarrete as Luz Aurora Victoria Díaz *Tito Reséndiz as

Ignacio Comonfort Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos (; 12 March 1812 – 13 November 1863), also known as Ignacio Comonfort, was a Mexican politician and soldier who was also president during La Reforma. He played a leading role in the liberal movement und ...

Patricia Reyes Spíndola Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress ('' Los Motivos de Luz'' in 1985 and '' The Queen of the Night'' in 1994), an ...

as Petrona Mori * Bruno Rey as

Victoriano Huerta José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (; 23 December 1850 – 13 January 1916) was a Mexican general, politician, engineer and dictator who was the 39th President of Mexico, who came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of ...

* Guillermo Rivas as

Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos (March 21, 1816, Zamora, Michoacán — February 4, 1891, Oacalco, Morelos) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, lawyer and doctor of canon law, and politician. He was a member of the imperial regency ...

as Porfirio Díaz (15 years old) * Julián Robles as Félix Díaz (15 years old) *Juan Romanca as

Guillermo Prieto Guillermo Prieto Pradillo (10 February 1818 – 2 March 1897) was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, chronicler, journalist, essayist, patriot and Liberal politician. According to Eladio Cortés, during his lifetime he was consider ...

*Alejandro Ruiz as Justo Benítez *Roberto Ruy as Juan *Héctor Sáez as

Jerónimo Treviño José Jerónimo de los Dolores Treviño y Leal (1835 – 1914), commonly known as Jerónimo Treviño was a prominent Mexican General and politician. He was a veteran of the Reform War and the Second French intervention in Mexico which he gained ...

*Polo Salazar as López Lazcano *Óscar Sánchez as Durán Roa *Salvador Sánchez as Ignacio Ramírez *Sergio Sánchez as José Ives Limantour *

Eduardo Santamarina Eduardo Hernández García Santamarina (; born 9 July 1969) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor who is known for his leading roles in many telenovelas. Beside Televisa telenovelas, Santamarina appeared in some Telemundo telenovelas. ...

as Dr. Manuel Antonio Ortega Reyes *Juan Carlos Serrán as Félix Zuloaga *Evangelina Sosa as Delfina Ortega Díaz (Young) *Moisés Suárez as José Agustín Domínguez y Díaz *Roberto Tello as Melitón *Gastón Tuset as

Mariano Escobedo Mariano Antonio Guadalupe Escobedo de la Peña (16 January 1826 – 22 May 1902) was a Mexican Army general and Governor of Nuevo León. Early life Mariano Escobedo was born in San Pablo de los Labradores (which is today known as Galeana), ...

*Zulema Williams as Vicenta *Luis Xavier as

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Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelo Del Aguila 1994 telenovelas 1994 Mexican television series debuts 1995 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Television series set in the 19th century Televisa telenovelas Cultural depictions of Porfirio Díaz