''Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste'' is a Spanish adventure television series set in the early 17th century, consisting of an adaptation of the Captain Alatriste novel series by

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, '' El húsar'', set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in ...

, starring Aitor Luna in the lead role. It aired from January 2015 to April 2015 on

Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...

Premise

The fiction takes place in the first half of the 17th century. It follows the adventures of the Captain Alatriste (Aitor Luna), taking him—besides

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—to

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and

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Cast

Aitor Luna Aitor González Luna (born 18 September 1981), professionally known as Aitor Luna, is a Spanish actor. He earned early public recognition in Spain for his performance in '' Los hombres de Paco''. He has since featured in series such as '' Gran Res ...

as Diego Alatriste. * Natasha Yarovenko as María de Castro. * Lucía Jiménez as Caridad la Lebrijana. * Patricia Vico as Teresa de Alquézar. * as

Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Order of Santiago, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, ...

. * Filippo Sbalchiero as Gualterio Malatesta. *

Gary Piquer Gary Piquer is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1979. Selected filmography References External links

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as Count-Duke of Olivares. * Marcos Ruiz as Íñigo de Balboa y Aguirre. * Carmen Sánchez as Angélica de Alquezar. * Rafael Cebrián as Count of Guadalmedina. * as Fray Emilio Bocanegra. *

Luis Callejo Luis Callejo Martínez (born 1 August 1970) is a Spanish actor. Biography Luis Callejo Martínez was born in Segovia on 1 August 1970. He trained his acting chops at the local Municipal Theatre Workshop, later joining the Madrid's RESAD. Calle ...

as Luis de Alquézar. * as Sebastián Copons. *

Diana Gómez Diana Gómez Raich (born 7 March 1989) is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her role as Tatiana in the flashbacks of the crime drama series ''Money Heist''. She is also known for her leading role in ''Valeria''. Biography Born on 7 Ma ...

as Infanta Anna. * William Miller as the Duke of Buckingham. *

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. *

Aura Garrido Aura Garrido Sánchez (born 29 May 1989) is a Spanish film and television actress. She has appeared in such films as ''Stockholm (2013 film), Stockholm'' and the television series ''El ministerio del tiempo''. Early life Garrido was born in Madr ...

as Inés de Castro. * Daniel Alonso as

Felipe IV Philip IV (, ; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the ...

. * Manuel Gancedo as Domine Pérez. * Ángel Solo as Saldaña. * Enrique Martínez as Rafael de Cózar. * Janka Erdely as Isabel de Borbón. *

Sofía Oria Sofía Oria (Madrid, Spain; born June 8, 2002) is a Spanish actress known for playing Carmencita in the Goya-winning film '' Blancanieves'' and Carmen in the Movistar+ series ''Gigantes''. Biography Sofía Oria was born on June 8, 2002, in Ma ...

as Dorotea. * Lluís Bou as Vasco. *

Arly Jover Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as the villainous vampire Mercury in the 1998 superhero film ''Blade''. Life and career Araceli Jover was born in Melilla, Spain. After living there for five years, her f ...

as Madame de Brissac. * as Richelieu

Production and release

''Las aventuras del capitán Alastriste'' consists of an adaptation of the novel series of the same name by Arturo Pérez Reverte, known as "Captain Alatriste" in English. The screenplay was authored by Alberto Macías, Curro Royo, Carlos Molinero, Marisol Farré and David Muñoz. Produced by

Mediaset España Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which i ...

and Beta Film in collaboration with DLO Producciones, the series was shot in the Korda Studios in

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, Hungary. Episodes were directed by

Enrique Urbizu Enrique Urbizu (born 1962) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. A native of Bilbao, he was one of the few Spanish film directors who brought the film noir into the late Spanish film industry. Urbizu graduated from Universidad del País V ...

, Norberto López Amado, Salvador Calvo, Luis Oliveros and Alberto Ruiz Rojo. The series premiered on 7 January 2015. The first episode drew mediocre ratings, particularly taking into account the series was a blockbuster production and it had been heavily promoted. Interest plummeted afterwards. It also became the target of fierce criticism already before the airing of the first episode, including criticism by the union of audio visual technicians for the choice of Hungary as shooting location. Pérez-Reverte himself was irritated by some historical implausibilities, the "excessive coloring" of the series instead of the gloomy cinematography imagined by the author as well as by the programming of the episodes after a brief recap of '' Gran Hermano VIP'', although he defended the performance of Aitor Luna as a "very worthy" Alatriste.

Paolo Vasile Paolo Vasile (born 1953) is an Italian businessman and film and television producer. He served as the CEO of Gestevisión Telecinco/Mediaset España from 1999 to 2022. Biography Born in Rome in 1953, Vasile was the last of four siblings, son t ...

, CEO of Mediaset España, was also reportedly unconvinced of the series before its release. Following the dismal ratings in

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, the channel decided to extend the running time of ''Gran Hermano VIP'' and thus relegate the series to the late night slot. The series' finale aired on 1 April 2015, with a 5.4% share and 486,000 viewers. Overall, the series averaged 1,049,000 viewers and a meagre 7.2% audience share.

References

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