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El vuelo del águila (1994)

El vuelo del águila poster
Directed by
Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 140 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Mexican telenovela follows the life of Porfirio Diaz from his youth through his time as Mexico's president. It shows the different stages of his life and the impact of his long rule from 1876 to 1911.

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What happens

El vuelo del águila (The Flight of the Eagle) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor under the supervision of Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1994-1995. The series is based on the life of the General and later President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz, from whose name the term "Porfirian Era" or "Porfiriato" was derived to denote the period of his government, which dated from 1876 to 1911. The main character was portrayed by Fabián Robles, Humberto Zurita and Manuel Ojeda during the different stages of his life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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