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The Plague
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Plague actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Plague reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Plague decimates late 16th century Seville, a crowded city where many have arrived to embark for the New World to seek their fortune.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- 파엘 코보소Director
- Alberto RodríguezDirector
- Paco R. BañosDirector
- David UlloaDirector
Where to watch
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