Escrava Isaura (1976 TV series)

Escrava Isaura Esclava Isaura
Genre	Drama, romance, telenovela
Created by	Bernardo Guimarães
Developed by	Gilberto Braga
Starring	Lucélia Santos Rubens de Falco
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of episodes	100
Production
Producer(s)	Henrique Daniel
Location(s)	Campos, Rio de Janeiro
Running time	60 min
Release
Original network	Rede Globo
Original release	October 11, 1976 – February 5, 1977

Escrava Isaura (Portuguese: Slave Isaura) is a 1976 Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo, originally broadcast between October 11, 1976 and February 5, 1977 at 6 p.m. (UTC-3). Based on the novel of the same name by 19th century abolitionist writer Bernardo Guimarães, it tells the story of the struggles of Isaura, a white-skinned slave, to find happiness during the Brazilian Empire. It was starred by Lucélia Santos in the titular role, and Rubens de Falco as slave owner Leôncio Almeida, the main antagonist. It was adapted by Gilberto Braga, and directed by Herval Rossano and Milton Gonçalves, running 100 episodes.

Escrava Isaura became one of the most popular telenovelas in the world, being broadcast in over 80 countries. It was a major hit in South America, the Eastern Bloc, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Africa and the People's Republic of China. It was among the earliest foreign television series allowed to air in China, and the first with a foreign actress playing the main character. It was the first soap opera aired in the Soviet Union in 1988-1989 (reduced to 15 hour-long episodes), and in Poland in 1985. Escrava Isaura is one of the only foreign language telenovelas aired in the United Kingdom, being broadcast on Channel 4 in 1987 as Isaura the Slave Girl. It was also the first show broadcast dubbed into Galician when Galician-language channel TVG was launched in 1985.

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