Amantes del Desierto

Infobox Television
show_name =Amantes del Desierto


format =Romance - Action, Telenovela
camera =Multi-camera
picture_format =Color
runtime =45 minutes
creator =Julio Jimenez
developer =Telemundo
RTI Colombia
Caracol Television
producer =Andrés Santamaría
Lucero Venegas
executive_producer =Arnaldo Limansky
Hugo León Ferrer
starring =Francisco Gattorno
Maritza Rodríguez
Catherine Siachoque
narrated =
theme_music_composer = Miguel de Narváez
opentheme = 'Dos Corazones, Dos Historias' performed by Julio Iglesias
Alejandro Fernández
endtheme = Julio Iglesias
Alejandro Fernández
country = USA
COL
language = Spanish
network = Telemundo
first_aired = March 19, 2001
last_aired = September 4, 2001
num_episodes = 121
list_episodes =
website =
imdb_id =
tv_com_id =

"Amantes del Desierto" ("Desert Lovers"), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, RTI Colombia and Caracol Television. This limited-run series ran for 121 episodes from March 19, 2001 to September 04, 2001.

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A man and a woman who love each other have to confront the world, in order to defend their feelings. Andrés Bustamante has been sentenced to twelve years in the gloomy cliff jail. Colonel Miguel Santana's daughter Barbara helps him escape from jail and takes him to the arid desert to hide. They are chased by Miguel Santana who makes them go through many dangerous adventures in search for freedom.

"Desert Lovers" is a passionate and adventurous love stoy that takes place between the 50's and 60's. It is starred by Andrés Bustamante, a young, modestdoctor, and Bárbara Santana, a woman who was born in a time when very conservative ideas ruled society.

Cast

*Francisco Gattorno .... Andrés Bustamante - "main hero"
*Maritza Rodríguez .... Bárbara Santana - "main heroine"
*Catherine Siachoque .... Micaela Fernández - "wife of Miguel after Esther, main villain"
*Roberto Escobar .... Miguel Santana - "father of Bárbara"
*Ana Soler .... Esther de Santana - "1st wife of Miguel, Bárbara's mother, gets killed by Micaela"
*Edgardo Román .... ’Leutenante’ Idelfonso Cubillos - "villain"
*Juan Pablo Shuk .... Bruno Salegue - "lover of Micaela, villain, gets killed by Micaela"
*Rolando Tarajano .... Santos Libardo / Satanás - "real brother of Andrés"
*Helios Fernández .... Padre Moran - "priest of the Farallon prison"
*Carlos Barbosa .... Pancho Fonseca - "husband of Bertha"
*Maria Cristina Gálvez .... Bertha de Fonseca - "wife of Pacho"
*Ricardo González .... Tomas ‘Tomasito’ Fonseca - "son of Pacho and Bertha"
*Agmeth Escaf .... Javier Negrete - "son of Rafael, Bárbara's 2nd boyfriend, villain"
*Víctor Cifuentes .... ’Leutenante’ Abelardo Mejia - "Griselda's husband"
*Ivette Zamora .... Griselda - "Bárbara's maid and friend"
*Margalida Castro .... Madre Magdalena Libardo ‘Tania’ - "mother of Santos"
*Lucy Martínez .... Nemesia - "Barbara's helper witch"
*Patricia Tamayo .... Isabel - "in love with Javier"
*Carlos Hurtado .... Toño - "owner of the bar in the village Esmeralda"
*Raúl Gutiérrez .... Sergio Góngora - "Rafael's real killer, Javier's lawyer"
*Maria Luisa Rey .... Maria Gracia - "in love with Santos"
*Liliana González .... Josefina - "in love with Javier"
*Carolina González
*Alberto León Jaramillo .... Khalil - "owner of the moving circus"
*Luís Fernando Ardilla
*Santiago Bejarano .... Agustín Santana - "brother of Miguel, real father of Bárbara"
*Martha Suárez
*Guilied López
*Vilma Vera .... Gertrudis - "sister in chapel"
*Paola Díaz .... Sabrina Montenegro - "workwoman of Khalil, Tomas's lover"
*Andrea López .... Camila Santana - "Agustín's daughter, Bárbara's real sister"
*Roxana Montoya
*Julio Echeverri
*Julio Cesar Pachon
*Julio del Mar .... Aurelio León - "General of Cliff jail"
*Roberto Mateos .... Alejandro García - "Barbara's doctor, in love with her"
*Claudia García .... Andrea Bustamante Santana - "daughter of Andrés and Bárbara"
*Sandra Pérez .... Trinidad - "member of Bruno's gang"
*Juan David .... Carlos - "Toño's friend"
*José Fernando Pérez .... Adrián Fonseca - "brother of Pacho"
*Fernando Corredor .... Procuror Guillermo Muñoz - "Sergio's accomplice, gets killed by Micaela"
*Alfonso Rojas .... El Pulgarcito - "in love with Filomena, workman of Fonseca's mine"
*Alejandro Tamayo .... "a driver, gets killed by Micaela"
*Carlos Zerrato .... El Ratón - "prisoner of Cliff jail, Lucia's brother"
*Sigifredo Vega .... Don Carlos - "Sara's husband"
*Luz Mary Arias .... Sara - "wife of Carlos"
*Jairo Camargo
*Xiomara Segura

Crew

"Original Idea:"

*Julio Jiménez

"Adaptation:"

*Humberto 'Kico' Olivieri

"Screenplay by:"

*José Fernando Pérez

*Ana Martínez

"Director of Art:"

*Piedad Arango

"Director of Photography:"

*Mauricio Cadavid

"Costume Designer:"

*Raúl Sánchez

"Make-up:"

*Alfredo Salamanca

"Ambientation and Utilities:"

*Patricia Hoyos

"Music Composer:"

*Miguel de Narváez

"Music Theme 'Dos Corazones Dos Historias' Interpreted:"

*Julio Iglesias

*Alejandro Fernández

"Production:"

*Andrés Santamaría

*Lucero Venegas

"Editor:"

*Alba Merchán Hamann

"Camera Directors:"

*Cesar Contreras

*Orlando Pirela

"Directors:"

*David Posada

*Agustín Restrepo

"General Production:"

*Arnaldo Limansky

*Hugo León Ferrer

"General Director:"

*Aurelio Valcárcel Carrol

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