La huella del crimen

Spanish anthology television series
La huella del crimen
GenreTrue crime
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes14 + 1 film
Production
ProducerPedro Costa Musté
Production companyTelevisión Española
Original release
NetworkTVE1
Release12 April 1985 (1985-04-12) –
8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)

La huella del crimen (transl. The trace of the crime)[a] is a Spanish prime-time anthology true crime television series that narrates some of the most lurid crimes that occurred in the late 19th and 20th centuries in Spain. Produced by Televisión Española and directed by renowned film directors, its three seasons and fourteen episodes were broadcast on La Primera of Televisión Española between 1985 and 2010. An additional story, initially intended as an episode of the series, was theatrically released as a standalone feature film titled Lovers in 1991.

Premise

Created and produced by Pedro Costa for Televisión Española, each of the series' episodes is directed by a renowned film director who was invited to recount a true crime in 16 mm film format. Each standalone story stars a different ensemble cast of well-known actors of the time. The series, only authorized for audiences over eighteen years old, caused a great impact in Spain due to the crudeness of the crimes.[1]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1612 April 198524 May 1985
2513 February 199113 March 1991
3330 September 20098 March 2010

La huella del crimen 1

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byOriginal air dateSpain viewers
(millions)		Ref.
11"El caso de las envenenadas de Valencia"Pedro Olea12 April 1985 (1985-04-12)N/A[2]
Account of the case against Pilar Prades, executed for poisoning three women in 1959 in Valencia.
It stars Terele Pávez as Pilar Prades, Susana Canales as Isabel Juncosa and Alfred Lucchetti as Manuel Juncosa.
22"El crimen del capitán Sánchez"Vicente Aranda19 April 1985 (1985-04-19)N/A[3]
Account of the murder of Rodrigo García Jalón on 25 April 1913 in Madrid.
It stars Victoria Abril as María Luisa Sánchez Noguerol, Fernando Guillén as Captain Manuel Sánchez López and José Cerro as Rodrigo García Jalón. Maribel Verdú makes her debut role as Manolita.
33"El caso del procurador enamorado"Pedro Costa26 April 1985 (1985-04-26)N/A[4]
Roberto Prieto Gil a member of the Cortes Españolas, hires a killer in 1973 so that his wife suffers an "accident" and he can continue his relationship with his lover.
It stars Carlos Larrañaga as Roberto Prieto Gil, Ana Marzoa as Carmen and Pepe Rubio as Rafael Luzón.
44"Jarabo"Juan Antonio Bardem10 May 1985 (1985-05-10)N/A
Account of the crimes of José María Jarabo, a hit-and-run assassin who killed four people (one of them a pregnant woman) on 19–21 July 1958 in Madrid.
It stars Sancho Gracia as Jarabo, María José Alfonso as María de los Desamparados Alonso Bravo and José Manuel Cervino as Inspector Hinojosa.
55"El crimen de la calle Fuencarral"Angelino Fons17 May 1985 (1985-05-17)N/A[5]
Account of the crime of Fuencarral street on 2 July 1888 in Madrid.
It stars Carmen Maura as Higinia Balaguer, Rafael Alonso as the judge and Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick as the doctor.
66"El caso del cadáver descuartizado"Ricardo Franco24 May 1985 (1985-05-24)N/A
Account of the murder of Pablo Casado, a Barcelonan industrialist whose dismembered corpse was found on 1 May 1929 inside a wooden box at the Atocha station in Madrid.
It stars Arnau Vilardebó as Ricardo Fernández Sánchez, Juan Echanove as Asensio Obregón and Francisco Guijar as Pablo Casado.

La huella del crimen 2

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byOriginal air dateSpain viewers
(millions)		Ref.
71"El crimen de las estanqueras de Sevilla"Ricardo Franco13 February 1991 (1991-02-13)N/A[6]
Account of the double murder of Encarnación and Matilde Silva Montero, in 1952 in Seville.
It stars Pepe Soriano as Javier Castillo, Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Fray Antequera and Antonio Dechent as Julián Velasco Pérez.
82"El crimen de Perpignan"Rafael Moleón20 February 1991 (1991-02-20)N/A
Account of the crime occurred in 1971 in Perpignan.
It stars Juanjo Puigcorbé as Antonio Muñoz, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Yvette Romero and Laura Cepeda as Lucía.
93"El crimen del expreso de Andalucía"Imanol Uribe27 February 1991 (1991-02-27)N/A
Account of the assault on the express train to Andalusia, on 12 April 1924.
It stars José Manuel Cervino as Honorio Sánchez Molina, Mario Pardo as Antonio Teruel and Tito Valverde as José María Sánchez Navarrete.
104"El crimen de Don Benito"Antonio Drove6 March 1991 (1991-03-06)N/A
Account of the double crime occurred on 19 July 1902 in Don Benito (Badajoz).
It stars Fernando Delgado as Enrique Donoso Cortés, Francisco Vidal as Carlos García Paredes and Gabino Diego as Tomás Alonso Camacho.
115"El caso de Carmen Broto"Pedro Costa13 March 1991 (1991-03-13)N/A
Account of the murder of Carmen Broto, a luxury prostitute, in 1949 in Barcelona.
It stars Silvia Tortosa as Carmen Broto, Sergi Mateu as Jesús Gimeno López and Ángel de Andrés López as Ramón Muñoz.

Lovers

Lovers was initially intended as the last episode of the second season to be titled Los Amantes de Tetuán, but its director Vicente Aranda proposed, and Televisión Española agreed, to expand the script and turn it into a feature film for its theatrical release. The film accounts a crime committed by a couple living in the district of Tetuán de las Victorias in Madrid whose tragic outcome took place in La Canal, near Burgos in 1949. Starring Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú, it was theatrically released on 12 April 1991.[7]

Among many accolades received, the film won the Goya Award for Best Film and Aranda won the Goya Award for Best Director at the 6th Goya Awards.[8] The film entered competition at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival where Abril won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.[9]

La huella del crimen 3

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byOriginal air dateSpain viewers
(millions)		Ref.
121"El crimen de los Marqueses de Urquijo"Fernando Cámara
Pedro Costa		30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)2.328[10]
Account of the assassination of the Marquesses of Urquijo on 1 August 1980 in Madrid.
It stars Félix Gómez as Rafael Escobedo, Juanjo Puigcorbé as Inspector Velasco and Ricard Borrás as Enrique Martínez.
132"El secuestro de Anabel"Luis Oliveros
Pedro Costa		1 March 2010 (2010-03-01)3.679[11]
Account of the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Anabel Segura in 1993.
It stars Enrique Villén as Antonio Rojas García, Luisa Martín as Juana and Juan Codina as Cirilo.
143"El asesino dentro del círculo"Fernando Cámara
Pedro Costa		8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)3.197[12]
Account of the crimes of Joaquín Ferrándiz Ventura, a serial killer who killed five women between 1995 and 1996 in Castellón.
It stars Roger Coma as Joaquín Ferrándiz Ventura, Fernando Huesca as Rovira and Joaquín Climent as Blázquez.

Accolades

Seminci

La huella del crimen was chosen television series of the year by the Valladolid International Film Festival in 1985. The six episodes of the first season were screened in their film version during the thirtieth edition of the festival and round tables were held with the directors of each of the episodes.[13]

FIPA

Year Category Episode Result Ref.
1991 FIPA d'argent "El crimen de las estanqueras de Sevilla" Won [6]

Fotogramas de Plata

Year Category Recipient Episode Result Ref.
1985 Best Television Performer Terele Pávez "El caso de las envenenadas de Valencia" Nominated
Victoria Abril "El crimen del capitán Sánchez" Nominated
1991 Best Television Actor Juanjo Puigcorbé "El crimen de Perpignan" Nominated
Best Television Actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ The Spanish word huella can be translated into English as trace, footprint, fingerprint or impression.

References

  1. ^ Pérez Ornia, José Ramon (31 March 1985). "Crimes that leave an impression". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ "'La huella del crimen' begins with the case of a poisoner from Valencia". El País (in Spanish). 12 April 1985. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Vicente Aranda directs Victoria Abril in the 'Captain Sánchez's Crime'". El País (in Spanish). 19 April 1985. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ "The series 'La huella del crimen' narrates a case in Franco's Cortes". El País (in Spanish). 26 April 1985. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. ^ "'The crime of Fuencarral street', treated as a farce". El País (in Spanish). 17 May 1985. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Televisión Española broadcast new episodes of 'La huella del crimen'". El País (in Spanish). 12 February 1991. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  7. ^ Galán, Diego (14 June 2003). "The sordid traces of a crime". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Amantes" (in Spanish). Goya Awards. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Amantes · Competition 1991". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  10. ^ ""El crimen de los marqueses de Urquijo", that opens the third season of 'La huella del crimen', tanked with a 13,5%". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  11. ^ "'El secuestro de Anabel' and the new of 'CSI' shared the night". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 2 March 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  12. ^ ""El asesino dentro del círculo" closes 'La huella del crimen' with a share of 16%". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  13. ^ Taiz, Gonzalo S. (9 July 1985). "'La huella del crimen', chosen series of the year by the Valladolid Film Festival". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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