Amantes del Desierto
Format	Romance - Action, Telenovela
Created by	Julio Jimenez
Developed by	Telemundo RTI Colombia Caracol Television
Starring	Francisco Gattorno Maritza Rodríguez Catherine Siachoque
Theme music composer	Miguel de Narváez
Opening theme	'Dos Corazones, Dos Historias' performed by Julio Iglesias Alejandro Fernández
Ending theme	'Dos Corazones, Dos Historias' performed by Julio Iglesias Alejandro Fernández
Country of origin	United States  Colombia
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	121
Production
Executive producer(s)	Arnaldo Limansky Hugo León Ferrer
Producer(s)	Andrés Santamaría Lucero Venegas
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	43 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Telemundo
Picture format	SDTV, 480i
Original airing	United States March 19, 2001 - September 4, 2001  Georgia September 22, 2003 - March 13, 2004

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.

[edit] Story

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.

[edit] Cast

Main Cast in Order of Appearance

Actor	Character	Known as
Francisco Gattorno	Andrés Bustamante	main hero
Maritza Rodriguez	Bárbara Santana	main heroine
Catherine Siachoque	Micaela Fernández	alias, ex-housekeeper, wife of Miguel, main villain
Roberto Escobar	Miguel Santana	father of Bárbara
Ana Soler	Esther de Santana	ex-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	Francisco de Paula "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

Secondary Cast in Order of Appearance

• 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
• Claudia Rocio Mora .... Nelly - Micaela's accomplice nurse
• Sigifredo Vega .... Don Carlos - Sara's husband
• Luz Mary Arias .... Sara - wife of Carlos
• Jairo Camargo
• Xiomara Segura

[edit] 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