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Pedro I el Cruel is a Spanish limited drama television series directed by Francisco Abad and written by Graciela Sáenz de Heredia about the life of Peter I of Castile, "the Cruel". It aired on TVE1 in January 1989.

Pedro I el Cruel
Genre	Historical drama Biographical
Screenplay by	Graciela Sáenz de Heredia
Directed by	Francisco Abad
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	50 min (approx.)
Release
Original network	TVE1
Original release	9 January (1989-01-09) – 20 January 1989 (1989-01-20)

Cast

• Ramón Madaula [es] as Peter the Cruel.[1]
• Marisa de Leza as Queen Mother of Castile.[2][1]
• Juan Luis Galiardo.[1]
• José Luis Pellicena [es].[1]
• Fernando Guillén.[3]
• Jaime Blanch.[3]
• Fernando Cebrián.[3]
• Lluís Homar.[3]
• José Sancho.[3]
• Jesús Ruimán as Henry of Trastámara.[1]

Production and release

Pedro I el Cruel was directed by Francisco Abad whereas the screenplay was authored by Graciela Sáenz de Heredia.[4] The series, one of the several biographical miniseries released by the Spanish public broadcaster in the 1980s,[5] had a 200 million peseta budget, an amount described as "cheap" by the director.[1] The series was shot in 1988 in different locations including the Castle of Peñafiel.[1] It premiered on 9 January 1989 on TVE.[6] The broadcasting run of the 10-episode miniseries ended on 20 January 1989.[7]

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