Kassandra (TV series)

Kassandra
Genre Telenovela
Romance
Drama
Created by Delia Fiallo
Written by Delia Fiallo
Directed by Grazio D'Angelo
Olegario Barrera
Starring Coraima Torres
Osvaldo Ríos
Henry Soto
Theme music composer Jose Antonio Bordell
Opening theme Kassandra by Jose Antonio Bordell
Country of origin Venezuela
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of episodes 150
Production
Executive producer(s) Omar Pin
Alberto Giarocco
Producer(s) Hernando Faria
Production location(s) Mucuchíes, Mérida
Running time 1992-1993
Production company(s) Coral Pictures
Distributor RCTV International
Release
Original network RCTV
Original release October 8, 1992 – May 11, 1993
Chronology
Preceded by Leonela
Followed by Dulce ilusión
Related shows Peregrina (2005, Televisa)

Kassandra is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by RCTV.[1] The story revolved around a gypsy maiden marrying into a rich family. However, she does not realize that she is the granddaughter of the man in the house. Her husband is killed on her wedding night, and she is blamed for the murder.[2]

Kassandra lasted 150 episodes between October 1992 and May 1993, and it achieved a worldwide amount of success outside Venezuela.[3] It was extremely successful in its later airings, especially in United States, Italy, Russia, former Eastern Bloc nations, former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, as well as the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia. In 2008, the show was also remade in Russia as Принцесса цирка (Princess of the Circus).

Coraima Torres and Osvaldo Ríos starred as the main protagonists [4] with Henry Soto, Nury Flores and Loly Sánchez as the main antagonists.[5]

Synopsis

The action begins 20 years prior to the actual plot, when a travelling circus sets up on the outskirts of Caracas. Andreina Arocha, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, is awestruck by the clowns, the wild animals, and a Gypsy fortuneteller who relates wonderful things the future has in store. Unbeknownst to Andreina, the fortuneteller actually sees a tragic destiny for her and something mysterious forewarns that their paths will meet again. One year later when the circus returns, Andreina has died of a terminal illness after giving birth to a baby girl. At the same time, Andreina's stepmother, Herminia, an unscrupulous and overly-ambitious woman, discovers that a Gypsy from the circus and her newborn have died during childbirth. Herminia, who has twin sons from a previous marriage and wants them to be sole heirs to the Arocha fortune, plots a devious plan and carries it out with the help of a hired hand. One dark night, he follows Herminia's orders to exchange the infants. In the crib, the lifeless body of the infant Gypsy replaces Andreina's healthy child who in turn is given to the Gypsies. The next day, the circus packs up and leaves town.

Years go by. Finally, one day the circus returns and so does Kassandra, who has grown to be a beautiful young woman. According to Gypsy tradition, the woman who raised Kassandra, her supposed grandmother, promised her hand in matrimony when she was an infant to Randu, a rough young man who is now the leader of the tribe.

During the first night of the Gypsies' arrival to town, while Randu dances with his future wife, Kassandra's eyes wander to another man. Their eyes meet and become locked in a strong mutual attraction. The man who stares is Luis David, one of Herminia's twin sons. Later the two talk below the starry sky, in the loneliness of the mountainside where they share a magical moment. The following day however, Luis David leaves town without a word.

Not long after, his twin brother Ignacio discovers that Kassandra is the true heir to the Arocha fortune and he tricks her into marrying him. The first night of their fateful honeymoon, Ignacio is mysteriously killed by his ex-wife and maid Rosaura, but Kassandra thinks that he has left her. In an effort to discover his brother's assassin, Luis David returns and assumes Ignacio's identity. His suspicions fall on Kassandra, the beautiful young gypsy who knew her husband so briefly and who now believes that Luis David is her husband.[6]

Cast

  • Coraima Torres as Andreina Arocha de Rangel/Kassandra la gitana/Kassandra Rangel Arocha/Kassandra Rangel de Contreras[7]
  • Osvaldo Ríos as Ignacio Contreras/Luis David Contreras[8]
  • Henry Soto as Randu
  • Raul Xiques as Alfonso Arocha
  • Carmencita Padron as Ofelia Alonso
  • Nury Flores as Herminia Arocha
  • Esperanza Magaz as Dorinda
  • Carlos Arreaza as Tomas
  • Alexander Milic as Matias Osorio
  • Hylene Rodriguez as Lilia Rosa Alonso
  • André Filipe as Transformista Barato
  • Ivan Tamayo as Hector Quintero
  • Loly Sanchez as Rosaura Osorio
  • Fernando Flores as Simon
  • Veronica Cortez as Yaritza
  • Juan Frankis as Marcelino
  • Erika Medina as Isabel
  • Rafael Romero as Glinka
  • Cecilia Villarreal as Gema Salazar
  • Roberto Moll as Manrique Alonso
  • Mimi Sills as Elvira Alonso
  • Manuel Escolano as Roberto Alonso
  • Miguel de León as Ernesto Rangel
  • Saul Martinez as Doctor
  • Nelly Prigoryan as Verushka
  • Lupe Barrado
  • Ron Duarte
  • Pedro Duran as Calunga
  • Eduardo Gadea Perez as Judge
  • Margarita Hernandez as Norma De Castro
  • Maria Hinojosa
  • Felix Landaeta as Lic. Carrion
  • Frank Moreno
  • Julio Mujica
  • Jose Oliva as Lic. Olivera
  • Carlos Omana

International broadcast

 RomaniaKassandraANTENA 1March 10, 1996Monday to Friday9:00 pm
 SpainKassandraTVE-1March 7, 1995October 7, 2005Monday to Friday6:00 pm
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaKasandraSRT (RTRS)February 10, 1997September 8, 1997Monday to Friday4:00 pm
 United StatesKassandraTelemundo
Mun2		November 9, 1992,June 4, 1993Monday to Friday1:00 pm
 VenezuelaKassandraRCTVOctober 8, 1992May 11, 1993Monday to Friday10:00 pm
 ArgentinaKassandraTelefe
Telecentro TV		May 16, 1994
February 14, 2000		February 18, 1995
October 20, 2000		Monday to Friday3:00 pm
9:15 pm
 ParaguayKassandraSNT
Channel 18		April 18, 1994
January 3, 2000		January 17, 1995
September 15, 2000		Monday to Friday6:00 pm
10:00 pm
 SerbiaKasandraRTS 3 (Treći kanal)February 10, 1997September 8, 1997Monday to Friday9:00 pm
 IndonesiaKassandraSCTVMarch 9, 1994
July 3, 1995		March 8, 1995
February 8, 1996		Wednesday
Monday to Friday		11:00 am
3:00 pm
 AlgeriaKassandraENTV19971998Saturday to Thursday1:30 pm
 PhilippinesKassandraABS-CBN19981999Monday to Friday
 Korea카산드라PSB19961997Tuesday to Sunday11:00 pm
 BrazilKassandraSistema Brasileiro de TelevisãoJan,2000Monday to Friday4:10 pm
9:15 pm

References

  1. ↑ "RCTV (1991-92), 150 capitulos Kassandra". vencor.narod. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kassandra – Coral Producciones (1992)". todotnv.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "IX WORLD SUMMIT OF THE TELENOVELA AND FICTION SERIES INDUSTRY AWARDS GAINS AND NEW TENDENCIES". tvmasmagazine.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "PROTAGONIZADA POR CORAIMA TORRES Y OSVALDO RÍOS ʽKassandraʼ" (in Spanish). teleprograma.es. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "¡ANTES Y DESPUÉS! Así lucen algunos de los actores de la novela Kassandra (+ Fotos)". veonoticia (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kassandra". seriesnow.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Coraima Torres, la inolvidable Kassandra: "La vida ha sido muy generosa conmigo"". teleprograma (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "OSVALDO RIOS TRIUMPHS IN HOLLYWOOD AS A PRODUCER". Osvaldorios.net. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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