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"Episode 1" (also known as "Efecto dominó" or "The Domino Effect") is the series premiere of the Spanish television series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist). It was directed by Alex Pina and originally aired on Antena 3 in Spain. la casa de papel 1x1 wikipedia

Main Cast (Episode 1)

• Úrsula Corberó as Tokyo (Silene Oliveira) – Narrator and robber
• Álvaro Morte as The Professor (Sergio Marquina) – Mastermind
• Itziar Ituño as Raquel Murillo – Lead police negotiator
• Pedro Alonso as Berlin (Andrés de Fonollosa) – Field leader
• Paco Tous as Moscow (Agustín Ramos) – Miner, Denver's father
• Alba Flores as Nairobi (Ágata Jiménez) – In charge of printing
• Miguel Herrán as Rio (Aníbal Cortés) – Hacker
• Jaime Lorente as Denver (Daniel Ramos) – Moscow's son
• Enrique Arce as Arturo Román – Director of the Royal Mint
• Darko Perić as Helsinki (Yashin Dasáyev) – Serbian war veteran
• Roberto García Ruiz as Oslo (Radko Dragić) – Helsinki's cousin

La Casa de Papel (season 1, episode 1)

"Efectuar lo acordado" (English: "Do as Planned") is the premiere episode of the Spanish television series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist). The episode was directed by Jesús Colmenar and written by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato. It first aired on Antena 3 in Spain on May 2, 2017. Here is the text related to the first

Trivia

• The Dalí masks are a reference to the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, chosen by the Professor because "no one knows where Dalí's eyes are looking."
• The opening monologue ("I was a common thief...") was filmed after the rest of the episode, at Úrsula Corberó's suggestion, to give Tokyo a stronger narrative voice.
• The episode's title, "Efectuar lo acordado," is never spoken in the episode; it refers to the Professor's instruction to "execute the agreed plan."

Production and Release

"Efectuar lo acordado" was produced by Vancouver Media for Antena 3. It was the most expensive episode of Spanish television up to that point, with a budget of over €2.5 million. Filming took place in Madrid, including the actual Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) building, which doubled as the Royal Mint exterior. Úrsula Corberó as Tokyo (Silene Oliveira) – Narrator

In Spain, the episode premiered to 4.9 million viewers (25.9% share), making it the highest-rated fictional premiere of the year for Antena 3. After Netflix acquired global rights, the episode was re-edited (shortened) and released on December 20, 2017, as part of "Part 1."

1. Production Context

La Casa de Papel was created by Álex Pina, a Spanish television producer known for crime dramas such as Los hombres de Paco (2005–2010) and El barco (2011–2013). The pilot episode, "Efectuar lo acordado," was directed by Jesús Colmenar, a long-time collaborator of Pina. Filming took place in late 2016 across various locations in Madrid and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) building, which doubles as the exterior of the Royal Mint of Spain ("Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre" within the fiction).

Initially conceived as a limited series of 15–17 episodes, Antena 3 ordered a single season of 9 episodes (originally 70–75 minutes each). The pilot was designed as a self-contained introduction that had to establish a complex heist, nine distinct robbers using city names as aliases, and 67 hostages—all within 75 minutes.

Notable scenes

• The opening recruitment montage establishing the team and rules.
• The heist’s initial takeover of the Mint — choreography of the assault.
• First interaction between The Professor and Inspector Raquel via indirect manipulation.
• Tokyo’s first-person narration framing events and providing emotional perspective.