Estrambotica Anastasia is a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

, produced by Coral International for Radio Caracas Television in 2004. It was written by Martin Hahn, who is known for telenovelas like "La mujer de Judas" y Amor a Palos". It lasted for 146 episodes, and was broadcast Monday to Friday on Radio Caracas Television. It was also broadcast in Mexico, on TV Azteca

TV Azteca

Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

, the United States on Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 and TeleFutura

TeleFutura

TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...

, among others. Many of the actors who appear in Estrambotica Anastasia also apperared in
Mi Gorda Bella

Mi Gorda Bella

Mi Gorda Bella was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 178 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.-Characters:...

and would subsequently appear in Amor a Palos

Amor a Palos

Amor a Palos was a Venezuelan telenovela made by Radio Caracas Television in 2005 and distributed internationally by RCTV International. It met great success in Venezuela and earned its protagonists Norkys Batista and Lucian D'Alessandro the prestigious Dos de Oro award for Best actress/actor in a...

in 2005.

Summary

Anastasia is a beautiful woman, who came from humble beginnings and whose dreams become reality when, thanks to her extravagant personality, she gets a well known jewelry company out of bankruptcy. This generates her millions of dollars with her work as a model. Anastasia becomes the Borosfky family's good luck charm. However, she meets Aureliano and that whole glamorous world will become her worst nightmare. Once in search of her freedom, Anastasia will meet the dark side of the Borosfky dynasty and will reveal one by one the secrets hidden behind the Cross of Dreams, an accursed jewel, valued at millions of dollars, which belonged to the EmpressCatherine II of Russia

Catherine II of Russia

Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great , Empress of Russia, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg...

. Terrorized and anxious to save herself, she will suffer an attack that ends the life of one of her sisters, whose body will disappear along with a large part of the Borosfky inheritance. This tragedy will cause Anastasia to return to the Borosfky mansion to try to figure out the plan carried out against her. While this occurs, Aureliano will become her most fervent ally and the only man who can make her dream again.

Cast

• Norkys Batista
  Norkys Batista
  Norkys Yelitza Batista Villarroel is a Venezuelan actress, model and former beauty pageant titleholder.-Early life:...
  
  : Anastasia Valbuena de Borosfky/Alexandra/Catalina
• Juan Pablo Raba
  Juan Pablo Raba
  Juan Pablo Raba is a Spanish telenovela actor.-Biography :He was born in Bogotá, Colombia, but upon his parents' divorce, he was raised in Spain by his Argentinian father. There, he took his Baccalaureate & started studying Advertisement but soon decided this was not what he wanted in life...
  
  : Aureliano Paz
• Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez: Yolanda Paz
• Gustavo Rodriguez: Don Toño Borosfky
• Dad Dager: Violeta Silva
• Saul Marin: Ovidio Borosfky
• Hilda Abrahamz
  Hilda Abrahamz
  Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro is a Venezuelan telenovela actress and former beauty pageant titleholder...
  
  : Constanza
• Flavio Caballero
  Flavio Caballero
  Flavio Caballero is a well known Colombian actor. He is a native of Cartagena.-Biography:Flavio Caballero grew up with two childhood dreams: he wanted to become both a psychologist and an actor...
  
  : Aquiles
• Dora Mazzone: Agripina
• Manuel Salazar
  Manuel Salazar
  Manuel Alejandro Salazar Rivas is a retired Salvadoran footballer. He represented the Salvadoran national team.-Club career:...
  
  : Teobaldo
• Kiara
  Kiara (Venezuelan entertainer)
  Gloria Sabrina Gómez Delgado is a Venezuelan singer, actress,lawyer and TV presenter known by her professional name Kiara.-Biography:...
  
  : Bromelia
• Luciano D'Alessandro: Santiago
• Crisol Carabal: Gregoria
• Ivan Tamayo: Maco
• Marianela González
  Marianela González
  Marianela González is a Venezuelan actress. Her parents are María del Carmen Álvarez "Carmenchu" and José Rafael González. She has one sister named María Alejandra...
  
  : Maria Gracia
• Yoletty Cabrera: Pia
• Rodolfo Renwick: Mateo
• Gabriela Santeliz: Demetria
• Prakriti Maduro: Clementina
• Carlos Felipe Alvarez: Nicolas
• Kareliz Ollarves: Emilia Margarita
• Miguel Augusto Rodriguez: Leon
• Freddy Aquino: Joseito
• Daniela Navarro: Yadira
• Susana Kolster: Claudia
• Israel Baez: Eduardito
• Verushka Scalia: Manuela Fast

Music

• "En Tu Cruz Me Clavaste" is sung by Spanish singer Chenoa
  Chenoa
  María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa is a famous Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described in the United States as pop...
  
   who made a guest appearance on the show as herself.
• "Eso" by Argentine singer Axel Fernando which is the theme for Anastasia and Aureliano
• "Luz" by Spanish singer Miguel Nandez, which is the theme for Santiago and Violeta.

External links

• Estrambotica Anastasia (Spanish)
• Estrambotica Anastasia- Characters (Spanish)