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La antorcha encendida

La antorcha encendida
Genre Telenovela
Romance
Drama
Created by Fausto Zerón Medina
Written by Liliana Abud
Marcia Yance
José Manuel Villalpando
Tere Medina
Directed by Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
Claudio Reyes Rubio
Jesús Moreno
Starring Leticia Calderón
Humberto Zurita
Juan Ferrara
Julieta Rosen
Ari Telch
Juan Peláez
Ernesto Laguardia
Theme music composer Jorge Avendaño
Opening theme Obertura
Ending theme Pedro de Soto
Country of origin Mexico
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of episodes 140 (Original version)
70 (International version)
Production
Executive producer(s) Ernesto Alonso
Producer(s) Carlos Sotomayor
Location(s) Filming
Televisa San Ángel
Mexico City, Mexico
Cinematography Jesús Acuña Lee
Carlos Guerra Villareal
Running time 21-22 minutes
Production company(s) Televisa
Distributor Televisa
Release
Original network Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format 480i SDTV
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release May 6 – November 15, 1996
Chronology
Preceded by María la del Barrio (21:00)
Tú y yo (22:00)
Followed by Te sigo amando (21:00)/(22:00)

La antorcha encendida (English title: The flaming torch) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1996.It was the last historical telenovela produced by Televisa. The plot tells the Independence of Mexico, with an emphasis on historical accuracy. It was written by Fausto Zeron Medina in collaboration with Liliana Abud.

On May 6, 1996, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting La antorcha encendida weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing María la del Barrio. The last episode was broadcast on November 15, 1996 with Te sigo amando replacing it the following day.

Leticia Calderón and Humberto Zurita starred as protagonists, while Juan Ferrara, Julieta Rosen, Alejandra Ávalos and Ari Telch starred as antagonists. Luis Gatica, Christian Bach, Alejandro Ruiz, Julio Beckles, Ernesto Laguardia, Mario Iván Martínez, Sergio Reynoso and the leading actors Patricia Reyes Spíndola, María Rivas, Angélica María, Ofelia Guilmáin, Carmen Salinas, María Rojo, Juan Peláez, Germán Robles, Luis Gimeno, Enrique Rocha, Aarón Hernán, Sergio Jiménez and Lorenzo de Rodas starred as stellar performances.


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