Nice series stars Sancho Gracia as the masked hero , a Zorro-alike , as well as Carlos de Zaráte , a Bon vivant , womanizer and card player man , who enjoys to have fun . Being exhibited in TVE (the Spanish national public network) for one season (11 episodes) with inferior success than Curro Jimenez . Black Mask fights against injustices as well as corrupt and nasty tyrants ; along the way he has romances and usually playing cards and betting at casinos . In addition , appearing various historical characters as Francisco de Goya y Lucientes , Pepe Botella or Jose Bonaparte , Napoleón himself , Lord Byron, Gaspar Melchor Jovellanos , Murat , Bullfighter Pedro Romero, El Guerrillero rebel Empecinado , Fernando VII , Duke Wellington , among others.
Interesting and stirring plots in which scripts changed , having in commom the theme of the legendary bandit who often fighs the Napoleon troops who have recently invaded Spain during Independence war . In the series there are fights , romances , action-packed , go riding , Flamenco music and brief touches of comedy . Enjoyable storylines written by important writers as Antonio Larreta , Manuel Matji , Guido Castillo and the Italian , Spaghetti expert, Duccio Tessari . The Mask itself is inspired on the Mask of Pantalone from Italian Comedia dell Arte and upon the Spanish Folklore and the carnivals . Here our starring lives a different adventure each episode accompanied by some prestigious guest stars . The series was set in the early 19th century in which Carlos de Zárate posing as a masked man struggles against the Franch invaders , powerful landowners , and the rural feuds mirrored the fighting of the Spanish people themselves . Stars the great Sancho Gracia , the Spanish hero who played various legendary figures with a penchant for heroes living during Independence war, such as : Curro Jimenez , El Empecinado in ¨Los Desastres de la Guerra¨ by Mario Camus and The Black Mask or La Mascara Negra. In first episode Don Carlos returns to his local village to find his wealthy father's dead in strange circumstances and to be continued to do justice and confronting a French enemy who attempts to take his mansion.
Being filmed a bit later on the Spanish transition , in this ¨The Black Mask¨ praises the Freedom , Justice and fight against corruption and powerful people . Here appears as guest stars a lot of familiar faces and prestigious actors , such as : Antonio Casas , Manuel Zarzo , Jack Taylor , Marisa Paredes , Pep Munne , Manuel Alexandre , Sara Lezana , Mercedes Alonso , German Cobos , José Manuel Cervino , Manuel De Blas , Felix Dafauce , George Rigaud , Nuria Gallardo, Francisco Rabal , Alvaro de Luna as The Turk . It contains a rousing and evocative musical score by Anton Garcia Abril , including a catching leitmotif . The series was well directed by the best filmmakers at the time , such as Antonio Gimenez Rico , José Antonio Paramo , and Emilio Martinez Lázaro. Rating : 6.5/1o. Notable adventure series that will appeal to Curro Jimenez fans .
