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Ena - Queen Victoria Eugenia
When Five Years Pass
Season 1
Episode 5
1929. Maria Cristina dies, the Wall Street crash leads to economic ruin, and movements against the dictatorship and the monarchy multiply. The royal family flees to Paris in exile and Ena, fed up, decides to separate from Alfonso.
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57:00
After WWII, Ena looks to her past--and secretly plots a future for the Spanish monarchy.
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57:22
Military disaster, dictatorship and betrayal shake Spain. Ena confronts Alfonso’s affair.
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57:05
A letter sparks the creation of Spain’s POW Office, while Ena reforms the Red Cross.
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59:31
Ena battles growing isolation and her son’s illness. War looms and her marriage collapses.
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1:03:40
1905. Alfonso XIII defies his mother and marries for love. An anarchist plots an attack.