80 minSeason 1 • Episode 11
LatestSira decides to help Paquita, but it won’t be easy. With all of the problems from her former life sorted out, she’s ready for a life of intrigue.
Sira Quiroga is a young Spanish dressmaker engaged to a solid suitor when a suave typewriter salesman upends her life. Spain is being upended by a civil war and the new regime's growing alliances with Nazi Germany. Sira, smart, gutsy and resourceful with a Scarlett O'Hara-like ability to whip up designer duds on a moment's notice, Sira has spunk. Sira gains and loses a small fortune, is dumped by her cad of a lover in Morocco, runs guns to get the cash to start her life anew and becomes couturier to the Nazi wives stationed in Madrid. Urged on by her friend, the real-life British spy Rosalinda Fox, Sira, too, aids the British cause.
Costume
1940s haute couture recreated with obsessive, gorgeous detail.
Acting
Adriana Ugarte transforms from naive seamstress to cunning spy.
Production
Tangier and Madrid recreated with sun-drenched, dangerous allure.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rosalinda Fox was a real British spy in Madrid whose memoirs inspired the novel; she actually ran salons for Nazi wives while extracting intelligence.
The series adapts María Dueñas's blockbuster novel that sold 10 million copies—Spain's answer to Gone With the Wind with added espionage.
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