Hijos del desierto

Hijos del desierto is a Chilean telenovela created by Rodrigo Cuevas Gallegos.^[1][2] It aired on Mega from August 23, 2022 to June 5, 2023.^[3] It stars Jorge Arecheta, Gastón Salgado and María-José Weigel.^[4]

Hijos del desierto
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Rodrigo Cuevas Gallegos
Directed by	Patricio González Kuhlmann
Starring	Jorge Arecheta Gastón Salgado María-José Weigel
Country of origin	Chile
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	163
Production
Executive producers	María Eugenia Rencoret Patricio López Pablo Avila
Editor	Nelson Valdés
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production companies	Mega AGTV Producciones
Original release
Network	Mega
Release	August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23) – June 5, 2023 (2023-06-05)

Cast

• Jorge Arecheta as Antonio Ramírez / Gaspar Sanfuentes
• Gastón Salgado as Pedro Ramírez^[5]
• María-José Weigel as Eloísa González^[5]
• Francisco Melo as Gregorio Sanfuentes
• Paola Volpato as Antonia Williams
• Marcelo Alonso as Cornellius Bormann
• Paloma Moreno as Margot Le Blanche
• Ingrid Cruz as Hermana Helena
• Claudio Arredondo as Neftalí González
• Francisca Gavilán as Ester González
• Carmen Zabala as Violeta Mondaca "La Gato"
• Fernanda Finsterbusch as Josefina Bormann
• Michael Silva^[5]
• Roberto Farías as "Panda"
• Rodrigo Soto as Hipólito Cárdenas
• Otilio Castro as Soto
• Guilherme Sepúlveda as Herr Braun
• Nahuel Cantillano as "Peineta"
• Simón Beltrán as "Piojo"
• Andrés Olea as Olegario
• Manuel Castro

Reception

Ratings

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired
		Date	Rating (in points)	Date	Rating (in points)
1	163	August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23)	20.4[6]	June 5, 2023 (2023-06-05)	21.9[7]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref
2022	Produ Awards	Best Telenovela	Hijos del desierto	Nominated	[8][9]
		Best Lead Actor - Superseries or Telenovela	Gastón Salgado	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress - Superseries or Telenovela	Paola Volpato	Won
		Best Supporting Actor - Superseries or Telenovela	Francisco Melo	Nominated
			Marcelo Alonso	Nominated
		Best Screenplay - Superseries or Telenovela	Rodrigo Cuevas Gallegos	Nominated
		Best Period Recreation	Antonietta Moles, Pedro Miranda, and Orlando Arias	Nominated