La saga de los Rius
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| genre = Period drama
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| based_on = {{Based on|Mariona Rebull
El viudo Rius
Desiderio|{{ill|Ignacio Agustí|es}}}}
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| screenplay = Juan Felipe Vila Sanjuán
| director = Pedro Amalio López
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| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 13
| runtime = 60 min (approx.)
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| company = TVE
| network = TVE1
| first_aired = {{Start date|1976|11|07|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1977|01|30|df=y}}
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La saga de los Rius is a Spanish historical drama television series directed by Pedro Amalio López. It consists of an adaptation of the three first novels of the Ignacio Agustí's pentalogy La ceniza fue árbol. It aired from November 1976 to January 1977 on TVE1.
Premise
The fiction follows the vicissitudes of the Catalan industrial bourgeoisie from 1880 to 1916, conveyed through three generations of the Rius family.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|pp=82–83}}
Cast
- Fernando Guillén as Joaquín Rius.
- Maribel Martín as Mariona Rebull.
- Alejandro Ulloa.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=86}}
- Nadala Batiste.
- José María Caffarel as Don Desiderio Rebull.{{Cite journal|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1976/10/01/pagina-57/33631491/pdf.html|date=14 November 1976|title=Programas de radio y T.V. hoy|page=57|journal=La Vanguardia Española}}
- Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Desiderio Rius.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=86}}
- {{ill|Victoria Vera (actress)|es|Victoria Vera|lt=Victoria Vera}} as Crista.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=86}}
- {{ill|Ágata Lys|es}} as Lula.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=86}}
- Teresa Gimpera as Jeannine.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=86}}
- {{ill|Mari Carmen Prendes|es}}{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=86}}
- {{ill|Àngels Moll|ca|Àngels Moll i Esquerra}}.
- Josep Minguell.
- Carmen Fortuny as Doña Clotilde.
- Montserrat García Sagués as Mercedes.
- Montserrat Carulla as Evelina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpuntavui.cat/cultura/article/19-cultura/1884863-adeu-a-una-actriu-de-casa.html|website=El Punt Avui|title=Un rostre imprescindible de la sobretaula a TV3|author=B.S.|date=25 November 2020}}
- Ramiro Oliveros as Ernesto.
- {{ill|Carles Velat|es|lt=Carlos Velat}} as Federico.
- {{ill|Conchita Bardem|es}} as Doña África.
- {{ill|Jordi Serrat (actor)|ca|Jordi Serrat i Gallart|lt=Jorge Serrat}} as Javier.
- {{ill|Rafael Anglada|es}} as Llobet padre.
- José Peñalver as Bernardo.
- Víctor Guillén as employee.
Production
La saga de los Rius consists of an adaptation of the first three novels of the Ignacio Agustí's pentalogy La ceniza fue árbol: Mariona Rebull (1944), El viudo Rius (1945), and Desiderio (1957).{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|pp=78; 82}} The inception of the series predates the death of Francisco Franco.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=71}}
Besides the set filming in the TVE studios in Barcelona, outdoor shooting locations included Barcelona, Seville, Madrid and Granada.
It aired in prime time on TVE1 from 7 November 1976 to 30 January 1977.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=82}} It originally consisted of 13 episodes with a running time of about 60 minutes.{{Cite journal|issue=47|journal=La Semana|location=Ciudad Real|url=https://ceclmdigital2.uclm.es/high.raw?id=0002353884&name=00000001.original.pdf&attachment=0002353884.pdf|title=Vuelve "La saga de los Rius"|date=3 December 1989|pages=35–36}} The adapted screenplay was authored by Juan Felipe Vila Sanjuán.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=89}} The series, directed by Pedro Amalio López, was shot in color and a 35 mm format.{{Sfn|Peña Ardid|2010|p=85}} Six years later, the series was dubbed into Catalan and adapted to a 10-episode format.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1989/11/29/radiotv/628297204_850215.html|website=El País|title=TVE-2 repone 'La saga de los Rius'|date=29 November 1989}}
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| start1 = {{Start date|1976|11|07|df=yes}}
| end1 = {{End date|1977|11|30|df=yes}}
| network1 = TVE1
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References
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- {{Cite book|chapter=Las primeras grandes series literarias de la Transición: La saga de los Rius y Cañas y Barro|first=Carmen|last=Peña Ardid|title=Televisión y literatura en la España de la transición (1973-1982)|editor-first=Antonio|editor-last=Ansón Anadón|year=2010|isbn=978-84-9911-037-0|pages=71–96|chapter-url=https://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/29/57/05pena.pdf}}
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Category:La 1 (Spanish TV channel) network series
Category:Television series set in the 1890s
Category:Television series set in the 1900s
Category:Television series set in the 1910s
Category:Television shows based on Spanish novels
Category:Television shows set in Barcelona
Category:Television shows set in Catalonia
Category:Television shows set in Andalusia
Category:1976 Spanish television series debuts