La antorcha encendida | |
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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.