''Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco'' is a Spanish television film directed by

Miguel Bardem Miguel Bardem (born 1964) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Life Bardem comes from a well-known family of actors. His father was director Juan Antonio Bardem, and his aunt is actress Pilar Bardem. Pilar's children, Javier, Mónica ...

recreating the magnicide of

Juan Prim Juan Prim y Prats, 1st Count of Reus, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, 1st Viscount of Bruch (; ; 6 December 1814 – 30 December 1870) was a Spanish general and statesman who was briefly Prime Minister of Spain until his assassination. Bio ...

in 1870. It originally aired on 15 December 2014 on La 1.

Premise

Narrated by

Benito Pérez Galdós Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós (; 10 May 1843 – 4 January 1920) was a Spanish Spanish Realist literature, realist novelist. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Mi ...

, a young journalist at the time the events take place, the fiction accounts for the political intrigues and conspiracies in the last year of the life of

General Prim Juan Prim y Prats, 1st Count of Reus, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, 1st Viscount of Bruch (; ; 6 December 1814 – 30 December 1870) was a Spanish general and statesman who was briefly Prime Minister of Spain until his assassination. Bio ...

, prime minister of Spain, who had to find a suitable candidate to the country's throne. It involves all the prime suspects behind Prim's murder, an unsolved case up to this date. Prim's carriage was shot in the on 28 December 1870. Wounded in the assassination attempt, Prim would die two days later.

Cast

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, Prime Minister of Spain also serving as Minister of War. *

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, a young Canarian journalist. *

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as Felipe de Solís y Campuzano, Montpensier's confidant and personal secretary. * Daniel Grao as José María Pastor, General Serrano's security chief. *

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as , a Republican politician, Prim's enemy. *

Javivi Javier Gil Valle, also known as Javivi, (born June 20, 1961 in Hervás, Province of Cáceres), is a Spanish actor. When he was a child, he lived in France and he went later to Madrid, where he studied secondary education and sociology. He worked a ...

as Antonio de Orleans, Duke of Montpensier. *

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as Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Regent of Spain. *

Manolo Solo Manuel Jesús Fernández Serrano (born 1964), better known as Manolo Solo, is a Spanish actor. Biography Born in Algeciras in 1964, he was raised in neighbouring Los Barrios until age 6, later moving to Seville with his family. Part of the S ...

as Juan José González Nandín, Prim's personal secretary. * Yuriria del Valle as Francisca "Paca" Agüero, Prim's Mexican wife. *

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as Moya. * Pepe Lorente as Bravo. *

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as Josefa. *

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as Gaspar Ruiz. * Luis Bermejo as Rojo Arias. * as , the leader of the "Partida de la Porra". * as Montesinos. * Carmen Segarra as Doña Encarna. * Jesús Noguero as López. * as Sostrada. * David Pinilla as Topete. * Francisco Olmo as Don Bernardo.

Production and release

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co-production together with Shine Iberia,

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and Dream Team Concept, the TV movie was written by Nacho Faerna and Virginia Yagüe and directed by

. It was created on occasion of the 200th anniversary of Joan Prim's birth. The movie was pre-screened at the Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián. Gregorio de la Fuente Monge and

José Álvarez Junco José Álvarez Junco (born 1942) is a Spanish historian, emeritus professor of the History of Thought and Political and Social Movements at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He is an expert in the study of the nation-building of Spain, ...

collaborated as historical advisors. Aired in

prime time Prime time, or peak time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...

on La 1 on 15 December 2014, the telefilm earned a 13.2% audience share and 2,491,000 viewers.

Awards and nominations

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References

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