At the 19th century in Spanish California, a dispenser of justice masked vêtu of black fights the injustice under the name of “Zorro” ( Spanish Renard in ). This character of fiction born in 1919 inspired by the novels, the cartoons, films, the televised series, the cartoons, the plays, and other heroes masked such as Batman at cd., of the proper consent of his creators, the draftsman Bob Kane and the scenario writer Bill Finger, or El Aguila at Marvel.

Recurring characters

  • Gift Diego of Vega : noble young person having made his studies in Europe, of return in California it defends the population oppressed under the disguise of Zorro.
  • Bernardo : servant, accomplice and dumb friend of Gift Diego (and not deaf person, like it makes pretense be it to help Zorro in its combat).
  • the sergeant Garcia : (Demetrio Lopez Garcia) imposing sergeant who sometimes tries to stop Zorro, because it dedicates a certain admiration to him.
  • Tornado : the black horse of Zorro.
  • Phantom : the horse (white) of Gift Diego of Vega.
  • Gift Alexandro Of Vega : notable of Los Angeles and especially father of Gift Diego.
  • Joint mandator Monastorio : Enrique Sanchez Monastorio maintains a climate terror in Los Angeles. But its plans will be thwarted by the arrival of a masked avenger.

Works composing the universe of fiction

Romance First novel of Johnston McCulley speaking about Zorro.
Johnston McCulley wrote an about sixty adventures of Zorro. Some were translated into French.
  • Zorro counter-attacks , Green Bibliothèque (1986)
  • Zorro and the pirates , Green Bibliothèque (1986)
  • the Sign of Zorro , Green Bibliothèque (1986)
  • the Mark of Zorro , Folio Junior, 1997
  • the Revenge on Zorro , Folio Junior, 1998
  • Zorro and its double , Folio Junior, 1998
French Translation published at Grasset in 2005. Romance drawn from the film éponyme.

Film S

Silent films

Films in speaking black and white

  • 1937 : the Return of Zorro ( Zorro wrinkles again ) of William Witney and John English with John Carroll

  • 1939 : Zorro and its legionaries ( Zorro' S Fighting Legion ) of William Witney and John English with Reed Hadley and Sheila Darcy. Sérial cinema in 12 episodes, gone up thereafter in the form of two films.

  • 1944 : Zorro the avenger masked followed Zorro and the woman to the black mask ( Zorro' S Black Whip ) of Spencer G. Bennett and Wallace Grissell with George J. Lewis and Linda Stirling

  • 1947 : the son of Zorro ( Its off Zorro ) of Spencer G. Bennett and Fred C. Brannon with George Turner and Peggy Stewart

  • 1949 : the phantom of Zorro ( The Ghost off Zorro ) of Fred C. Brannon with Clayton Moore and Pamela Blake

  • 1951 : Zorro black devil ( Gift Daredevil Wrinkles Again ) of Fred C. Brannon with Ken Curtis and Aline Towne

Color films

  • 1962 : Zorro the avenger ( the venganza del Zorro ) of Jose Romero Walk with Frank Latimore and Mary Andersen

  • 1962 : Zorro intrepid the ( Zorro went corte di Spagna ) of Luigi Capuano with Giorgio Ardisson and Alberto Lupo

  • 1963 : Zorro and the three Musketeers ( Zorro E I tre moschettieri ) of Luigi Capuano with Gordon Scott and Jose Greci

  • 1964 : Zorro uncovers ( Montana sin ley ) of Miguel Lluch with Jose Suárez and Isabel of Castro

  • 1966 : Zorro the rebel ( Zorro, it ribelle ) of Piero Pierotti with Howard Ross and Dined De Santis

  • 1969: Zorro with the service of the Queen ( Zorro went corte of Inghilterra ) of Francesco Montemurro with Spyros Focas and Daniele Vargas

  • 1969: Zorro the fox ( Zorro, the volpe ) of Guido Zurli with Georgio Ardisson and Femi Benussi

  • 1971 : Zorro, marquis de Navarre ( Zorro, marchese di Navarra) of Francesco Montemurro with Nadir Moretti Daniele Vargas and Maria Luisa Longo

  • 1972 : affairs of Zorro (Belgian film) of Gilbert Roussel with Jean-Michel Dhermay and Evelyne Scott

film italo - French.

American film . Available in DVD

American film . Available in DVD

Televised series

product by Walt Disney Pictures, in 78 episodes of 25 minutes and 4 50 minutes episodes.

  • 1983 : Zorro and wire ( Zorro and Its )

In 5 25 minutes episodes.

  • 1990 : New Adventures of Zorro

In 88 25 minutes episodes.

  • 2006 " Zorro the espada there the rosa": Colombian televised series

Cartoons

American Cartoon by the studios Filmation. Cartoon italo - Japan board by the studios Ashi Production and Toho

  • 2004 : Zorori the extraordinary

Cartoon Japan board

  • 2008 : Zorro: Generation Z

American Cartoon by the studios International BKN

Other works taking as a starting point the universe of fiction

Songs

  • Zorro (generic of the televised series). Words: NR. Foster. Music: G. Brown. Words on the site Paroles.net
  • Zorro arrived . Interpret: Henri Salvador. Words: J.Leiber, M.Stoller, B. Michel (1955). Titrate original: " Along Jones" cam;. © 1955 Funny Disc. Words on the site Lyrics

Video games

Plays of action, published by Ubisoft Entertainment. Jeux of action ventures for PlayStation 2 and Windows developed by In Utero published by Cryo Interactive.

Comic S

detailed Article Zorro Comics.

Roleplays

  • The Legacy off Zorro (2001) (American roleplay campaign using the system Fuzion of Mark T. Arsenault, published by Gold Rush Ranges)

Parodies

  • 1981 : Large Zorro ( gay Zorro the blade ) (American film of Peter Medak with George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton)
  • Zorro arrived , French adaptation in 1964 by Bernard Michel for Henri Salvador of the American rock'n'roll Along Came Jones of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, making fun of television and its recurrent themes.

Around the universe of fiction

Scarlet pimpernel

Character of the Baroness Orczy (1905).

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