Under the Volcano
One cannot live without love.
1984 | 112m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Huston |
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| Writer: | Malcolm Lowry, Guy Gallo |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 20, 1984 |
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| Director: | John Huston |
| Writer: | Malcolm Lowry, Guy Gallo |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | mexico, bullfighting, based on novel or book, depression, husband wife relationship, fascism, half-brother, alcoholism, alcoholic, drunk, cuckold, consul, day of the dead, 1930s, foreign diplomat |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Ithaca, Conacite Uno |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Araceli Ladewuen Castelun | Maria |
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Huston | Director |
| François Duhamel | Still Photographer |
| Gabriel Figueroa | Director of Photography |
| Malcolm Lowry | Novel |
| Roberto Silvi | Editor |
| José Rodríguez Granada | Art Direction |
| Gunther Gerszo | Production Design |
| Martín Cardenas | Set Decoration |
| Theresa Wachter | Set Decoration |
| Angela Dodson | Costume Design |
| John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Manuel González | Camera Operator |
| Fernando Calvillo | Gaffer |
| Jesus G. Duran | Special Effects |
| Chris Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mel Metcalfe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Terry Porter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anthony Palk | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Keis Maes | Makeup Artist, Hairstylist |
| Fernando García Gonzalez | Hairstylist |
| Teresa Sánchez | Hairstylist |
| Marvin I. Kosberg | Dialogue Editor |
| Guy Gallo | Screenplay |
| Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Manuel Muñoz | First Assistant Director |
| Dennis Shaw | Second Assistant Director |
| Elsa Wachter | Set Designer |
| Colin Charles | Sound Mixer |
| Daniel J. Johnson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Elvio Sordoni | Assistant Editor |
| Karen Price | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Fitzgerald | Executive Producer |
| Moritz Borman | Producer |
| Wieland Schulz-Keil | Producer |
| Arnold Gefsky | Associate Producer |
| Héctor López Lechuga | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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