Águila Roja () 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.
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), Marquess of Santillana, and Hernán Mejías (Francis Lorenzo), Commissioner in the Village of Madrid.
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Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Nominated Result2009Festival de Televisión y Cine Histórico de LeónBest New ActorGuillermo CampraFestival de Cine y Televisión de IslantillaBest Television SeriesÁguila RojaFestival de Televisión y Radio de VitoriaPremio Pasión de Críticos for best dramaPremios TP de OroBest National SeriesPremios Unión de ActoresBest television supporting actressInma CuestaPremios ATVBest fiction showÁguila RojaBest producerBest make-up and characterizationBest art direction and set designBest cinematography and lightingBest music for televisionPremios CineyMásBest new Spanish series2010New York International Independent Film and Video FestivalSilver Medal for Best Action and Adventure SeriesÁguila RojaRose d'OrBest Multi-Platform ContentPremios OndasBest National Television SeriesPremios ProtagonistasTelevision awardDavid JanerPremios Fotogramas de PlataBest television actorBest television actressInma CuestaPremios Unión de ActoresBest television supporting actorFrancis LorenzoPremios ALMABest television screenplayÁguila RojaPremios TP de OroBest national seriesBest actorDavid JanerPremios CINE&TELEMost watched show in SpainÁguila RojaPremios ATVBest fiction showBest series actressInma CuestaBest filmingÁguila RojaBest make-up and characterizationBest art direction and set designBest cinematography and lightingBest music for televisionPremios CineyMásBest national seriesBest Spanish actorDavid Janer2011ACE AwardsBest characteristicFrancis LorenzoTelevision personality of the yearMiryam GallegoPremios Fotogramas de PlataBest television actorDavid JanerBest television actressInma CuestaPremios PétaloBest actressPremios KapitalBest fiction seriesÁguila RojaPremios CineyMásBest Spanish seriesBest Spanish actorDavid JanerBest Spanish actressMiryam GallegoPremios Pizquita SeriesBest Spanish drama seriesÁguila RojaBest cast in Spanish seriesBest female performance in Spanish drama seriesMiryam GallegoBest soundtrack in Spanish seriesÁguila RojaBest fictional couple in Spanish seriesMiryam Gallego & Francis LorenzoPremios TP de OroBest Spanish seriesÁguila RojaBest actorDavid JanerPremios Unión de ActoresBest television main actorJavier Gutiérrez2012Premios CineyMásBest Spanish seriesÁguila RojaBest Spanish main actorDavid JanerBest Spanish main actressInma CuestaBest Spanish supporting actorJavier GutiérrezBest Spanish supporting actressMiryam Gallego 2014 2nd Best Actor Javier Gutiérrez
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