Summaries

This series tells the story of the fall of Granada, from the point of view of the Spaniards to Granada and the Muslims, and does not tell the view of "Spanish historians"

Details

Keywords
  • islam
  • arab
  • arabic history
  • spanish history
  • al andalus
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • History
  • War
Release date Oct 8, 1991
Countries of origin Italy Spain West Germany
Language Spanish
Production companies Aspa Producciones Cinematográficas

Box office

Budget $16000000

Tech specs

Runtime 52m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

Requiem for GranadaThe sad and glorious history of the kingdom of Granada, the last bastion of Islam in Spain. After eight hundred years of splendor where art, science and civilization itself emulated culture of Greece, Egypt or Rome, the Arabs are under siege by the Christian armies. The machinations of the Emir Muley Hassan, Christian love with Isabel de Solis, the confrontation with the Catholic Kings, receiving a visionary adventurer named Columbus, form part of intrigues, adventures and battles through which flows the life of Boabdil, the last prince of Granada.This miniseries was too ambitious for spanish tv ar that time but it was also a huge success not only in Spain but also around the wolrd.

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