ZORRO:The Sword and the Rose

ZORRO: la Espada y la Rosa premiered on Februrary 12, 2007 on Telemundo affiliates across the United States.  The seaon finale aired on July 23, 2007 after 122 episodes. 

Christian Meier starred as "Zorro" in the classic legend and passionate love story.  His co-stars were Marlene Favela, Arturo Peniche, Osvaldo Rios and Erick Elías.

All episodes on Telemundo were closed-captioned in English and in Spanish.

Yahootelemundo.com streamed the last five aired episodes.

The theme song for the novela, "Amor Gitana," was a duet performed by superstars Beyonce and Alejandro Fernandez. The sensual flamenco- pop track was written by Grammy winning songwriter and recording artist, Reyli, and Jamie Flores, co-written by Beyonce.  It was produced by Grammy winner Rudy Perez.

The stellar production also featured performances by Jorge Cao, Héctor Suárez Gomís, Natasha Klauss, Harry Geithner, Andrea Montenegro, Andrea López, Luly Bossa, Cristian Tappan, Ricardo González and Natalia Bedoya.

Telemundo-RTI with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Zorro Productions, Inc. began filming the 122 one hour episodes in Cartegena, Colombia.  Further episodes were shot on location in and around Bogota.

The scripts were developed, written and shot entirely in Spanish.  Highly acclaimed writer Humberto "Kiko" Olivieri led the team of writers for the novela, which was set in the mid-1800's in Spain and California.

Patricio Wills and Hugo Leon Ferrer (Decisiones, Pasion de Gavilanes, La Viuda de Blanco, La Tormenta) executive produced the series. RTI Productions (Pasion de Gavilanes, Te Toy a Ensenar a Querer) handled the physical production.



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