The television adaptation of the barrack baby from the success of reeds and mud, the first novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez successfully brought to the small screen. The same production company, Aldebarán Films, and practically the same technical team embarked on the adventure of reissuing the success of its predecessor, reports RTVE.es.
The Barrack premiered on Spanish Television on October 1, 1979, in the prime time of a Spain without private television channels and a time when, according to a study carried out by the Ministry of Culture, watching television was the preferred cultural activity for 87.9% of Spaniards.
The series, directed by León Klimovsky and produced by Eduardo Manzanos, was shot in ten weeks with a budget of between 80 and 90 million pesetas. The writer and filmmaker Manuel Mur Oti adapted the story to television language.
On horseback between Madrid and Valencia
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the barrack It was shot on horseback between Madrid and Valencia, very close to the Albufera, where the Valencian orchard from the end of the 19th century was rebuilt. 70% of the recording was made in natural settings but, given the impossibility of obtaining the reality of an authentic turn-of-the-century barracks, the interiors were shot in Madrid’s Salamanca district, where, thanks to the meticulousness of Mur’s script, Oti, the barrack in which the action takes place was recreated.
Heading the cast is Álvaro de Luna, one of the most popular faces of the time after his portrayal of Algarrobo in Curro Jimenez, Álvaro de Luna, Marisa de Leza, Lola Herrera and a very young Victoria Abril. The music of the barrack ran on behalf of Alfonso Santisteban