Esmeralda (Venezuelan TV series)

For the Mexican telenovela, see Esmeralda (Mexican telenovela). For the Brazilian telenovela, see Esmeralda (Brazilian telenovela).

Esmeralda is a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela produced by José Enrique Crousillat and directed by Grazio D’Angelo for Venevisión.^[1] It is based on an original story written by the Cuban Writer Delia Fiallo.^[2] The telenovela it stars Lupita Ferrer and José Bardina as main characters.^[1]

Esmeralda
Genre	Telenovela
Story by	Delia Fiallo
Directed by	Grazio D'Angelo
Starring	Lupita Ferrer José Bardina
Opening theme	"Las flores que me diste" by Lupita Ferrer
Country of origin	Venezuela
Original language	Spanish
Production
Executive producer	José Enrique Crousillat
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Venevisión
Release	1970 (1970) – 1971 (1971)
Related
Topacio (1985) Esmeralda (1997) Esmeralda (2004) Sin tu mirada (2017)

Cast

• Lupita Ferrer as Esmeralda Rivera
• José Bardina as Juan Pablo Peñalver
• Ada Riera as Graciela Peñalver
• Eva Blanco as Blanca
• Ivonne Attas as Silvia Zamora
• Esperanza Magaz as Dominga
• Orángel Delfín as Marcos Malaver
• Néstor Zavarce as Adrián Lucero
• Hugo Pimentel as Rogelio Peñalver
• Libertad Lamarque as Sister Piedad

International adaptation

The first adaptation of the telenovela is Topacio, produced by the Venezuelan television channel Radio Caracas Televisión in 1985. In 1997 Televisa produced a version with the same name starring Leticia Calderón.^[3] In 2004, the Brazilian channel SBT also produced a version with the same name.^[4] In 2017 Televisa returned to make another more modern version of the story, entitled Sin tu mirada.^[5][6]