One of the series that is a hit this month on the Netflix streaming platform is Assault on the Central Bank. A new fiction based on the real theft suffered by the headquarters of the Central Bank of Barcelona on May 23, 1981, at number 23 Plaza de Cataluña. An event that shocked the entire Spanish society and left many enigmas unanswered. For some, it was a simple attempted theft perpetrated by criminals and for others, this attack was linked to the search for a series of sensitive documents linked to the events of the 23F which occurred the same year. The series Assault on the Central Bank It rose to the top of Netflix’s Top 10 in record time and is the most watched this week.
The series Assault on the Central Bank It has 5 intense episodes and It stars actor Miguel Herránwho we know for his role as Rio in the famous series Theft of moneywhich can also be seen on Netflix. Actors María Pedraza and Hovik Keuchkerian also play an important role in this series, playing the journalist and reporter who experienced the entire bank heist up close. In addition, among these three well-known actors, the cast includes a large number of figures from the Spanish scene. An intense series which has a good rhythm and which surprises with the setting of the streets of Barcelona.
What happens in the series Assault on the Central Bank on Netflix?
The series tells what happened on May 23, 1981 at the headquarters of the Central Bank of Barcelona where Thieves raided the building and arrested around 300 people inside.. The thieves, according to the series, called the editorial office of a newspaper from a telephone booth in Plaza Catalunya and demanded the release of “four heroes of February 23 and our courageous lieutenant colonel Tejero.” Furthermore, in this written statement in the telephone booth, it was requested that two planes be made available to them, one at Barajas airport and the other at El Prat, to facilitate the departure of these four soldiers and people accommodated. order from the bank. In addition, a 72-hour deadline is granted and there is a threat of execution of 10 hostages upon entry and 5 every hour. This call is received by a young journalist whose father died in an attack and it is her first day of work.
From the start of the series the police and these two journalists They are trying to find out whether common criminals are behind the theft or not.. They soon discover that the perpetrators of the attack have identified themselves with numbers and a police force manages to identify the leader who was José Juan Martínez Gómez, alias “El Rubio”, a criminal already known to the police. In the series, this subject tells the police that the jump was planned by the Spanish secret service, who contacted him in the French city of Perpignan in an attempt to recover sensitive documents related to the failed coup d’état that took place. found in one of the bank’s safes.
When the attackers realize that all is lost, They decide to free the hostages and mix with them to try to escape.. The police managed to arrest nine of those involved within minutes, including José Juan Martínez Gómez, alias “El Rubio”, but one of them managed to escape and was never captured. The results of the attack on the Central Bank of Barcelona were one dead, one injured and the flight of one of those involved.
The cast of this new series
The protagonist of this series is the actor Miguel Herrán who plays the role of José Juan Martínez, aka “El Rubio” and number 1 of the operation. Actress María Pedraza plays Maider Garmendia, a young journalist who responds to the attackers’ call in the newspaper and is one of the first to go to Plaza Catalunya to cover the attack. Actor Hovik Keuchkerian, who can be seen in series like riot police either red queen life is Bernardo García “Berni”, photographer and colleague of Maider at the newspaper.
As for theThe band members who accompany ‘El Rubio’ In this attempted theft, they are Juan José Ballesta who plays José María Cuevas, number 2 in the assault, Claudio Villarrubia in the role of Cristóbal and Tomy Aguilera in the role of Jorge Valenzuela.
Furthermore, the actor Isak Férriz, plays the role of Commissioner Francisco ‘Paco’ Lópezat the helm of the Anti-Theft Brigade, Patricia Vico in the role of Isabel Ruig, Maider’s boss at the newspaper, Roberto Enríquez in the role of the government delegate who coordinates the device to try to put an end to the assault, Tito Valverde is General José Luis Aramburu Topete, famous Spanish soldier, who played a key role in ending the 1981 coup attempt and Fernando Cayo against General Pajuelo, companion of Aramburu Topete and high-ranking military officer at the head of the police. Also in the cast are the actors Óscar Rabadán who plays the president of the government, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Roberto Álamo in the role of Emilio Alonso Manglano, Xavi Lite in the role of Antonio Tejero and Enrique Berrendero in the role of Narcís Serra, who was mayor of Barcelona at the time of the bank attack.
