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Kassandra (TV series)
Kassandra was a Venezuelan telenovela, written by Delia Fiallo and directed by Grazio D'Angelo and Olegario Barrera, involving a gypsy maiden marrying into a rich family. She does not realize, however, 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.
This telenovela lasted 150 episodes, and it achieved a significant amount of success outside Venezuela, it was extremely successful in its airing in Romania, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Russia,Syria, other Eastern European countries (where telenovelas became frequently aired since the local and television stations had no resource to obtain airing rights to more popular shows), Indonesia, Italy and other countries. It earned entry in Guinness Book of World Records as Spanish TV series being aired in greatest number of countries (128). It was distributed by Coral International.
The Televisa telenovela Peregrina is a remake of this show.
Cast
Coraima Torres as Kassandra/Andreina Arocha
Osvaldo Rios as Ignacio Contreras/Luis David Contreras
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
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 Contreras, a.k.a. Chabela
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 Leon as Ernesto Rangel
Saul Martinez as Doctor
Nelly Prigoryan as Verushka
Pedro Duran as Calunga
Eduardo Gadea Perez as Judge
Margarita Hernandez as Norma De Castro
Felix Landaeta as Carrion
Jose Oliva as Olivera
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