The Patients of Dr. García
{{Short description|Spanish drama television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = The Patients of Dr. García poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Los pacientes del doctor García|nolink=yes}}
| director = Joan Noguera
| writer = José Luis Martín
| genre = Drama
| starring = {{ubl|Javier Rey|Verónica Echegui|Tamar Novas}}
| based_on = {{Based on|Los pacientes del doctor García|Almudena Grandes}}
| company = {{ubl|RTVE|Diagonal|DeAPlaneta}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| first_aired = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=yes}}
| network = La 1
}}
The Patients of Dr. García ({{langx|es|Los pacientes del doctor García|links=no}}) is a Spanish drama television series adapting the novel of the same name by Almudena Grandes. The cast is led by Javier Rey, Verónica Echegui, and Tamar Novas.
Plot
Doctor Guillermo García, a communist sympathiser, remains living in Madrid after the takeover of the country by the Francoists. To save his life, he is forced to hide and adopt the false identity of Rafael Cuesta Sánchez, facilitated by his friend Manuel Arroyo, a spy for the Republican side. Years later, in 1946, García meets Arroyo again as the latter returns from exile to carry out a secret mission in the city under the assumed identity of Adrián Gallardo, a former member of the Blue Division, who is considered a war criminal for collaborating with the Nazis.
Arroyo, in the guise of a Blue Division veteran, emigrates to Argentina and infiltrates the ratlines between Juan Domingo Perón and Franco in favor of the Nazis who feel safe in South America, with the promise that the United States, through the CIA, will intervene at some point against both dictators.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Javier Rey as doctor Guillermo García Medina, aka Rafael Cuesta Sánchez{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a38801974/los-pacientes-del-doctor-garcia-serie-almudena-grandes-sinopsis/|website=Diez Minutos|title='Los pacientes del doctor García', de Almudena Grandes, se convierte en serie en La 1|date=18 January 2022|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829191355/https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a38801974/los-pacientes-del-doctor-garcia-serie-almudena-grandes-sinopsis/|url-status=live}}
- Verónica Echegui as Amparo Priego
- Tamar Novas as Manuel Arroyo Benítez, aka Felipe Ballesteros, Peter Louzan, Adrián Gallardo
- {{ill|Jon Olivares|es}} as Adrián Gallardo Ortega, aka Alfonso Navarro
- Eva Llorach as Clara Stauffer
- Stephanie Cayo as Meg Williams
- Claudia Traisac as Rita Velázquez
- Raúl Jiménez as Pepe Moya
- Nancho Novo as Fortunato Quintanilla
- Pepa Pedroche as Experta Fernández
- Luis Bermejo as Juan Negrín
- Enrique Villén as Pirulo
- {{ill|Mario de la Rosa|de}} as Alfonso Navarro
- {{ill|Daniel Albaladejo|es}} as Antonio Ochoa
- Martina Gusmán as Simona Gaitán
- {{ill|Itziar Atienza|es}} as Geni León
- {{ill|Toni Sevilla|es}} as Gabino de la Fuente
- {{ill|Iñaki Miramón|es}} as Basilio Rodríguez
- Javier Lara as Jesús Romero
- {{ill|Marius Biegai|pl}} as Otto Skorzeny, aka Rolf Steinbauer
- {{ill|Carmen Molinar|de}} as Ingrid Weiss
- {{ill|Eduard Farelo|es}} as Pablo de Azcárate
}}
Production
The series is a RTVE, Diagonal (Banijay Iberia), and DeAPlaneta production, and it had the participation of Netflix.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/2022/06/21/serie-television-almudena-grandes-1583005.html|website=Heraldo de Aragón|date=21 June 2022|title=Nostalgia y respeto: así se ha rodado la primera serie de Almudena Grandes|first=Paula|last=Escalalada Medrano|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829191346/https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/2022/06/21/serie-television-almudena-grandes-1583005.html|url-status=live}} An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Almudena Grandes, the series was written by José Luis Martín and directed by {{ill|Joan Noguera (director)|es|Joan Noguera|lt=Joan Noguera}}. Shooting started in January 2022 in Segovia and wrapped by June 2022 in Madrid.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20220118/arranca-rodaje-pacientes-doctor-garcia-serie-basada-novela-almudena-grandes/2259620.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=18 January 2022|title=Nuevo proyecto Arranca el rodaje de 'Los pacientes del doctor García', la serie basada en la novela de Almudena Grande|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822070546/https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20220118/arranca-rodaje-pacientes-doctor-garcia-serie-basada-novela-almudena-grandes/2259620.shtml|url-status=live}} Shooting locations also included Guadalajara.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/series-tv-noticias/a38800257/los-pacientes-del-doctor-garcia-serie-television-almudena-grandes/|website=Fotogramas|title='Los pacientes del doctor García': primer tráiler de la serie|date=17 June 2022|first=Juan|last=Silvestre|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-date=29 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829191355/https://www.fotogramas.es/series-tv-noticias/a38800257/los-pacientes-del-doctor-garcia-serie-television-almudena-grandes/|url-status=live}}
Release
The series debuted on La 1 on 19 April 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/audiencias-tv/miercoles-19-abril-2023-los-pacientes-doctor-garcia-cumple-estreno-eleva-noche-la-1_1_10135701.html|website=Vertele!|via=eldiario.es|date=20 April 2023|first=Pedro|last=Zárate|title='Los pacientes del doctor García' (10.1%) cumple en su estreno y eleva la noche del miércoles de La 1}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/los-pacientes-del-doctor-garcia/ Los pacientes del doctor García] on RTVE Play
{{Televisión Española original series}}
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Category:2020s Spanish drama television series
Category:Spanish-language television shows
Category:Television shows based on Spanish novels
Category:Television shows set in Madrid
Category:Television series set in 1946
Category:Television shows filmed in Spain