Zorro - The black avenger

This article describes the television series; for the feature film made in 1962 see Zorro, the black avenger .

Television series
German title	Zorro - The black avenger
Original title	Zorro
Country of production	United States , France
original language	English
Year (s)	1990-1993
Production company	Carrington Productions International , Ellipse Program , The Family Channel , Goodman / Rosen Productions , New World Television , Radiotelevisione Italiana
length	30 minutes
Episodes	88 in 4 seasons
genre	Adventure , action
First broadcast	February 17, 1990 (USA) on The Family Channel US
German-language first broadcast	January 1992 on Sat.1
occupation

Zorro - The Black Avenger (Original Title: Zorro ) is an American-French television series that tells the story of the fictional character Zorro anew. During the early 1990s it made its German premiere on Sat.1 .

action

In the 19th century, the residents of old Los Angeles were bullied by their mayors Luis Ramone (seasons 1–2) and Ignacio de Soto (seasons 3–4). Don Diego de la Vega, alias Zorro, avenges the inhabitants of the village at night, but thanks to his mask he remains unrecognized even from his father Don Alejandro. At his side is the mute Felipe.

Charisma

Zorro celebrated its premiere on German television on Sat.1 from 1992. It was shown in Germany earlier than the first Zorro series from 1957, which only later showed RTL II . From 1996, kabel eins broadcast the series, and from 2011 to 2012 it was also seen on Das Vierte . In the US it was originally on the family channel The Family Channel .

background

Numerous notable actors had guest appearances in the series. For example, the later James Bond actor Daniel Craig had a role in episodes 84 and 85. Also in an episode of the third season was Jesse Ventura , who later became governor of Minnesota . For Henry Darrow, who played Zorro's father from the second season, the topic was nothing new: In 1983, he himself appeared in front of the camera as Zorro in the short-lived sitcom Zorro and Son .

Cast and dubbing

Role name	Actress	German Voice actor	Seasons	Episodes
Don Diego de la Vega	Duncan Regehr	Stefan Staudinger	1-4	1-87
Sergeant James Mendoza	James Victor	Hans Nitschke	1-4	1-87
Felipe	Juan Diego Botto	-	1-4	1-87
Victoria Escalante	Patrice Martinez	Simone Brahmann	1-4	1-87
Don Alejandro de la Vega	Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Henry Darrow	Achim Petry Eric Vaessen	1 2-4	1-25 26-87
Alcalde Luis Ramone	Michael Tylo	Bernd Rumpf	1-2	1-50
Alcalde Ignacio de Soto	JG Hertzler	Eberhard Prüter	3-4	51-87

The German dubbed version was produced by Arena Synchron under the dialogue direction by Martin Schmitz.

Awards

Young Artist Award 1992

• Best Cable or Non-Primetime Family Series (nominated)
• Best young actor in a guest appearance or a supporting role: John Christian Graas (nominated)

Episode list

Web links

• Zorro - The Black Avenger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Zorro at Fernsehserien.de