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La Traicion
La Traicion (The Betrayal) is a Colombian telenovela co-produced by United States-based Telemundo and RTI Colombia. Telemundo debuted this serial on January 29, 2008, replacing Madre Luna.
Traicion is based on the famous Colombian novel El Caballero de Rauzan, written in 1887 by Felipe Perez. It will likely air from Monday to Friday over about 26 weeks. As with most of its soap operas, Telemundo will also broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. Filming in Bogota, Colombia, began in late October. [*]
Story
This romantic saga features Hugo de Medina, a handsome, mysterious hero, with a reputation as a womanizer. His life crashes around him when finds he suffers from catalepsy, an incurable condition marked by loss of voluntary motion. The same disease felled his father years before.
This dashing young man meets Soledad de Obregon, a gorgeous, refined girl and the two are bound together by sudden passion and an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. [*]
As the adoring couple prepares to marry, tragedy strikes again. [*] Hugos sinister brother, Alcides, who has always been in love with Soledad, betrays him and steals his betrothed. Our hero faces intrigue, desperation, and betrayal on his quest to rescue his true love and their child. [*]
Cast
(in order of appearance don't change)
Mario Cimarro .... Hugo de Medina / Alcides de Medina - main hero -
Danna Garcia .... Soledad de Obregon - main heroine
Harry Geithner .... Paco
Cesar Mora .... Guillermo Burke
Virna Flores .... Eloisa - villain
Rossana Fernandez Maldonado .... Beatriz de Linares - villain
Luz Estella Luengas .... Esther de Obregon - ''Soledad's mother, Lucas's wife
German Rojas .... Lucas de Obregon - Soledad's father, Esther's husband
Victoria Gongora .... Helena
Flavio Peniche .... Boris
Natalia Giraldo
Monica Franco .... Rebeca Montenegro - villain
Indira Serrano .... Ursula
Liliana Zalazar
Sergio Gonzalez .... Doctor Max
Tiberio Cruz
Salvador del Solar .... Arturo de Linares - villain
Ricardo Saldarriaga
Diego Camacho
Rene Figueroa
Tommy Vasquez
Andres Martinez
Esmeralda Pinzon
Tania Falquez
Bastian Madiedo
Javier Zapata
Cesar Vargas
Oscar Gonzalez
Mauricio Bravo
Sigifredo Vega
Juan Carlos Bedoya
Laila Viera
Luis Fernando Bohorquez
Alberto Sornosa
Juan Carlos Arboleda
Eduardo Carreno
Diego Giraldo
Crew
Based on a book El Caballero de Rauzan written by
Felipe Perez
Adaptation
Jose Fernando Perez
Screenplay by
Jose Fernando Perez
Claudia Rojas
Aida Naredo
Lina Serrano
Art Director
Gabriela Monroy
Director of Photography
Eduardo Carreno
Costume Designer
Manuel Guerrero
Scenography
Cesar Chaparro
Ambientation
Claudia Carvajal
Makeup
Alfredo Salamanca
Exterior Photography
Alfredo Zamudio
VP of Talent
Joshua Mintz
Camera Directors
Cesar Contreras
Felipe Sastoque
Original Music
Nicolas Uribe
Oliver Camargo
Jose Carlos Maria
Musicalization
Alejandro Diaz
Theme Interpreters
Salvatore Casandro
Paola Vargas
Editor
Alba Merchan Hamann
Chief of Production
Andres Santamaria
Directors
Mauricio Cruz
Agustin Restrepo
Executive Producer
Hugo Leon Ferrer
Production Notes
This telenovela is a television adaptation of the famous Colombian novel "El Caballero de Rauzan" written in 1887 by Felipe Perez, 4 years before his death, and was announced with Mario Cimarro, Sandra Echeverria and Gabriel Porras as stars. [*] Danna Garcia replaced Echeverria and Salvador del Solar replaced Porras, who took the male lead in Madre Luna''.
Telemundo began airing ads promoting this show in September, before filming began.
External links
Telemundo teaser trailer (Spanish with English subtitles)
Telenovela La Traicion Tribute Site (in Spanish)
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