Alatriste
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 The movie poster for Alatriste. |
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| Directed by | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| Produced by | Álvaro Augustín Antonio Cardenal |
| Written by | Agustín Díaz Yanes Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
| Starring | Viggo Mortensen Elena Anaya |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | September 1 2006 |
| Language | Spanish |
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Alatriste is a film directed by Spanish director Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Adventures of Captain Alatriste (Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste).
The film, which stars Viggo Mortensen, is the most expensive Spanish-language film ever made in Spain (about €24 million – US$30 million). It portrays Spain of the 17th century using both fictional and real characters. Twentieth Century Fox has bought the rights to the film.
Principal cast
- Viggo Mortensen as Diego Alatriste
- Javier Cámara as the Count-Duke of Olivares
- Eduardo Noriega as the Count of Guadalmedina
- Juan Echanove as the writer Francisco de Quevedo
- Unax Ugalde as Íñigo de Balboa, Alatriste's Basque squire
- Elena Anaya as Angélica de Alquézar, a teenaged femme fatale
- Ariadna Gil as María de Castro
- Francesc Garrido as policeman Saldaña
- Blanca Portillo as the inquisitor fray Emilio Bocanegra
- Paco Tous as Francisco de Melo
Antonio Resines, originally slated to appear as Saldaña, almost retired from the
entire movie due to a traffic accident; however, he makes a cameo appearance in the
Battle of Rocroi as a
The film was released on September 1, 2006.
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