Under the Volcano (1984)
Overview
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 7.469 |
Directed By
John Huston
Crew
Malcolm Lowry
John Huston
Elvio Sordoni
Manuel Muñoz
Dennis Shaw
Daniel J. Johnson
Elsa Wachter
Colin Charles
Karen Price
Héctor López Lechuga
Guy Gallo
Arnold Gefsky
Alex North
John Franco
Jesus G. Duran
François Duhamel
Roberto Silvi
Moritz Borman
Martín Cardenas
Anthony Palk
Gunther Gerszo
Else Blangsted
Fernando García Gonzalez
Fernando Calvillo
Chris Carpenter
Manuel González
Wieland Schulz-Keil
José Rodríguez Granada
Teresa Sánchez
Gabriel Figueroa
Terry Porter
Angela Dodson
Mel Metcalfe
Keis Maes
Theresa Wachter
Keis Maes
Michael Fitzgerald
Marvin I. Kosberg
TOP CAST
Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
Brit
Dawson Bray
Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
Gringo
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
Chief of Municipality
Emilio Fernández
Diosdado
Arturo Sarabia
Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista
Ugo Moctezuma
Latin Consul
Isabel Vázquez
Chicken Lady
Gustavo Fernandez
Transvestite
Irene Díaz de Dávila
Concepta
Alberto Olvera
Matador
Eduardo Borbolla
Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
Doña Ines
Rodolfo De Alexandre
Bus Driver
Juan Ángel Martínez
Passenger
Martín Palomares Carrión
Dead Indian
Mario Arévalo
Horseman
Ramiro Ramírez
Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
Alfonso Castro Valle
(uncredited)
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