There is much I enjoyed about this Spanish series set in the Rif War, especially as it was one I knew very little about, except that the Spanish were known to have used nerve gas at one stage.
It's a beautifully staged series, the hospital in fact looks a little grand, but it may well have been typical at that time. The dubbing and scripting is a bit hackneyed, but the general storyline seemed to follow the course of the war quite accurately.
There are a lot of love affairs going on, and the plot suffers from too many break ups due to the love triangles. The presence and irritation caused by military authorities in the hospital seems very authentic, and the love affair between Larbi and Magdalena is honest and touching. In fact her optimism touches the whole cast for at times the story is very melodramatic.
I enjoyed the story with all its flaws and I was interested to see the Spanish are just as interested in royalty as we are, because the Queen seemed to make all the decisions regarding the hospital. I would like to see a second series,I think this was quite promising.
