El vuelo del águila

El vuelo del águila
GenreTelenovela
Created byEnrique Krauze
Fausto Zerón Medina
Written byLiliana Abud
Eduardo Gallegos
Antonio Monsell
Tere Medina
Directed byGonzalo Martínez Ortega
Jorge Fons
Claudio Reyes Rubio
Jesús Moreno
Federico Farfán
StarringManuel Ojeda
Humberto Zurita
Jacqueline Andere
Mariana Levy
Opening theme"Don Porfirio" by Daniel Catán
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes140
Production
Executive producerErnesto Alonso
ProducerCarlos Sotomayor
CinematographyJesús Acuña Lee
Carlos Guerra Villareal
Running time21-22 minutes
Production companyTelevisa
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseJuly 4, 1994 (1994-07-04) 
January 20, 1995 (1995-01-20)

El vuelo del águila (The Flight of the Eagle) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor under the supervision of Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1994-1995.

The series is based on the life of the General and later President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz, from whose name the term "Porfirian Era" or "Porfiriato" was derived to denote the period of his government, which dated from 1876 to 1911.

The main character was portrayed by Fabián Robles, Humberto Zurita and Manuel Ojeda during the different stages of his life.