Kassandra (TV series)
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| Genre |
Telenovela Romance Drama |
| Created 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 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Omar Pin Alberto Giarocco |
| Producer(s) | Hernando Faria |
| Location(s) | Mucuchíes, Mérida |
| Release | |
| Original network | RCTV |
| Original release | October 8, 1992 – May 11, 1993 |
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| Related shows | Peregrina (2005, Televisa) |
Kassandra (1992–1993) is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by RCTV. 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.
Kassandra lasted 150 episodes between October 1992 and May 1993, and it achieved a significant amount of success outside Venezuela. It was extremely successful in its later airings in 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 with Henry Soto, Nury Flores and Loly Sánchez as the main antagonists.
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.
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