''El engaño'' (English title:''The deception'') is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the w ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

in 1986.El engaño in Alma Latina
Retrieved February 1, 2015 It is an original story by

Caridad Bravo Adams Caridad Bravo Adams (; born on January 14, 1908, in Villahermosa, Tabasco – August 13, 1990 in Mexico City) was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide. She was born to a couple of Cuban actors and she wa ...

, adapted by Fernanda Villeli and directed by

Sergio Jiménez Sergio Jiménez (December 17, 1937 – January 3, 2007), born in Mexico City, was a Mexican actor who became famous after portraying the character of ''El Gato'' in the film '' Los caifanes''. His last work was directing the telenovela ''La f ...

Erika Buenfil Teresa de Jesús Buenfil López (; born November 23, 1964), commonly known as Erika Buenfil, is a Mexican actress, TV host and singer. She is best known for her lead roles in several successful telenovelas including ''Amor en Silencio'' (1988), ...

, Frank Moro and

Guillermo García Cantú Guillermo García Cantú (born April 23, 1960 in Monterrey, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United State ...

starred as protagonists, while

and Luz María Jerez starred as main antagonists.

Plot

In Valle de Bravo, Alfonso and his wife Aminta lead a hermit life. Alfonso has good reasons for this: and hiding his Nazi past and present criminal filled with links to neo-Nazi groups. Aminta who adores her husband, ignores these facts and suffers because his health was broken following the birth of his daughter Mindy. Jorge the painter, a resident of Alfonso, finds an abandoned baby and decides to take Amanta to look after her. This infuriates Alfonso, who is awaiting the arrival of his orphaned nephews who come to live with him and forces his wife to get rid of the girl. Jorge decides to adopt her and puts Marcela. Aminta health deteriorates and eventually dies of cardiac arrest. They spend 18 years, and Alfonso remains linked to his Nazi activities. His daughter Mindy is a capricious and cruel girl who likes to flirt with her cousins. Rodrigo, the youngest of them falls for her and then making love believes to be married. However both Alfonso and Mindy prefer her to marry Gerardo's brother Rodrigo, a strange guy, medium and neurotic suffering from constant blackouts after which he does not remember where he was or what he did. Meanwhile, Marcela over the years has become a beautiful young, but very self-conscious. Jorge travels to Miami where she is studying to attend their prom. Jorge has big plans for her. Gerardo also travels to Miami and coincides with Marcela, both fall in love at first sight. After a short courtship marry and return to Valle del Bravo. His arrival coincides with that of David, a frail old Jew, who arrives with her child nurses seeking his son left 18 years ago. This child is being Marcela, and it turns out that the seemingly defenseless David is a survivor of Nazi concentration camps that aims to expose Alfonso.

Cast

as ''Marcela Estévez'' *Frank Moro as ''Jorge Estévez'' *

as ''Alfonso Gunther/Dieter Von Heune'' *Luz María Jerez as ''Aminta Alvírez de Gunther/Mindy Gunther'' *

as ''Gerardo'' *

Rafael Sánchez Navarro Rafael Sánchez Navarro (born 1958) is a Spanish-Mexican actor. He is the son of Manolo Fábregas, an actor from Spain who established himself in Mexico. Sanchez Navarro is also the cousin of Manuel Sánchez Navarro, who in turn is the son of F� ...

as ''Rodrigo'' *Eduardo Alcaraz as ''David Letterman'' *

Carmen Montejo Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González; May 26, 1925 – February 25, 2013) was a Cuban actress. Biography Real name: María Teresa Sánchez González. Montejo started her career in radio as a child at the age of 6 in Cuba in ...

as ''Doña Selene'' *

Susana Alexander Suzanne Ellen Rose Alexander-Katz Kauffmann (born 3 July 1943), commonly known as Susana Alexander, is a Mexican actress, hostess, director, producer, translator, teacher and dancer. Early life Alexander was born in Mexico City, the daughter of ...

as ''Elena'' *Rafael Amador as ''Lt. Quintanilla'' *

Socorro Avelar Socorro Avelar (1925 in Cuernavaca, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west b ...

as ''Chuy'' *Yolanda Ciani as ''Clara'' *Gabriela Goldsmith as ''Rocío Peña'' *Gilberto Román as ''Javier Peña'' *Jorge del Campo as ''Franz'' *

Mónica Miguel Mónica Miguel (born Gloria Chávez Miguel; 13 March 1936 – 12 August 2020) was a Mexican actress, director, and singer. Career Passionate about the arts and especially the theater, she would attend the occasional stage plays that came to Te ...

as ''Carmen'' *Carlos Gajardo as ''Rubén'' *Toño Infante as ''Lt. Rómulo Sánchez'' *Marcela Páez as ''Adela Sánchez'' *Jerardo as ''Samuel'' *Rosita Salazar as ''Alice'' *José D'Merlo as ''Thomas/Sammy'' *René Escandón as ''Renato'' *César Adrián Sánchez as ''Carlos'' *José Carlos Teruel as ''Isaac'' *Rafael Rojas as ''Reynaldo'' *Xavier Masse as ''Rogers'' *Marco Hernández as ''Tony Suárez'' *

Alicia Montoya Alicia Montoya (January 25, 1920 – August 17, 2002) was a Mexican actress, the daughter of the stage actress . Selected filmography * ''Talpa'' (1956) * ''El duende y yo'' (1959) * ''Mujeres de Fuego'' (1959) * ''Quinceañera'' (1960) * '' ...

as ''Martha'' *Norma Reyes as ''Alma'' *Edgardo Gazcón as ''Fernando'' *Mariana Gaja as ''Marcela (child)'' *Tenderly Prats as ''Mindy (child)'' *Tanya Pelejero as ''Rocío (child)'' *Graciela Galicia as ''Operator'' *Pedro Zavala as ''Father'' *Felipe González as ''Doctor'' *Ricardo Rivero as ''Judge'' *Rubén Díaz as ''Chauffeur'' *Fernando Manzano as ''Announcer'' *Enrique Borja Baena *Rolando Barral *Rebeca Silva

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engano 1986 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas 1986 Mexican television series debuts 1986 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico City Televisa telenovelas