Alatriste is a film-in-progress by the Spanish director Agustín Díaz Yanes , based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste (The Adventures of Captain Alatriste in English).
The film, which is starred by Viggo Mortensen, is the most expensive Spanish-lingo film ever made in Spain (about €20 million – US$26 million), and describes the Spain of the 17th century using both fictional and real characters. Twentieth Century Fox has taken the rights on 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 Francisco de Quevedo
- Unax Ugalde as Íñigo Balboa
- Elena Anaya as Angélica de Alquezar
- Ariadna Gil as María de Castro
- Antonio Resines as Saldaña
- Blanca Portillo as the inquisitor Bocanegra
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Last updated: 08-18-2005 04:09:30
