Cristal is a 1985 Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 246 episodes, and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela, it was extremely successful in its airing in Spain (where each advertisement that was seen during the transmission of Cristal cost more than seven million pesetas) and Italy. It was distributed internationally by Coral International. Cristal has been rebroadcast more than seven times in Venezuela. Cristal has several adaptations, including a 2006 Brazilian version of the same name distributed by SBT, and three Mexican remakes, El privilegio de amar in 1998, Triunfo del amor in 2010, and Los hilos del pasado in 2025, both distributed by Televisa.
Lupita Ferrer, Jeannette Rodríguez and Carlos Mata starred as the main protagonists with Marita Capote, Jorge Palacios and Zoe Ducós as the antagonists.
Synopsis Victoria Ascano (Lupita Ferrer), the beautiful and successful owner of the fashion house "Casa Victoria", decides to search for the baby she abandoned years before. At the same time, Cristina (Jeannette Rodríguez), Victoria's daughter leaves the orphanage where she was raised and moves into an apartment with two other girls, Inocencia (Mariela Alcala) and Zoraida (Lourdes Valera), ready to pursue her dream of becoming a model. Cristina is unknowingly hired by Victoria, and she was on her way to becoming a successful model when Victoria discovers that Cristina and Luis Alfredo (Carlos Mata), her stepson, were having an affair. Victoria fires Cristina and Luis Alfredo marries Marion (Marita Capote), his old girlfriend, because she claims to be carrying his child. Shortly after being abandoned by Luis Alfredo and fired by Victoria, Cristina discovers that she, too, is pregnant.
Cast Lupita Ferrer as Victoria Ascanio Jeannette Rodríguez as Cristina Expósito, a.k.a. Cristal Carlos Mata as Luis Alfredo Ascanio Raul Amundaray as Alejandro Ascanio Marita Capote as Marion Bellorin Mariela Alcala as Inocencia Lourdes Valera as Zoraida, a.k.a. Cerebrito Henry Zakka as Adán Zoe Ducós as Luisa Lino Ferrer as Piero Ileana Jacket as Bertha Girot Sonya Smith as Maggie Roberto Moll as Darío Jorge Palacios as Gonzalo Valladares Humberto Garcia as Padre Ángel de Jesús Gigi Zanchetta as Eliana Ascanio Cecilia Villarreal as Vivian Marshall Marlene Maseda as Marlene
Broadcasters Country Alternate title/Translation TV network(s) Series premiere Series finale Weekly schedule Timeslot Cristal Radio Caracas Televisión 1985 1986 Monday to Saturday 10:00 pm Cristal Televisión Española 1989 1990 Cristal TVP3 July 25, 1994 March 17, 1995 Monday to Friday 7:00 pm Cristal Teleonce (today Telefe) March 2, 1987 September 5, 1987 Monday to Friday 2:15 pm Cristal Canal 9 Cerro Corá (today SNT) February 2, 1987 August 3, 1987 Monday to Friday 7:00 pm
See also List of famous telenovelas
References
External links Cristal at the Internet Movie Database Opening Credits