About Under the Volcano
- Released on June 12, 1984
- Drama
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.
Full Cast of Under the Volcano
Albert Finney
plays Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
plays Yvonne Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset (born 13 September 1944) is an English actress. She has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards...
See Jacqueline Bisset's other roles →Anthony Andrews
plays Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
plays Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
plays Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
plays Brit
Dawson Bray
plays Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
plays Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
plays Gringo
José René Ruiz
plays Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
plays Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
plays Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
plays Chief of Municipality
Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
plays Maria
Emilio Fernández
plays Diosdado
Arturo Sarabia
plays Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
plays Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
plays Sinarquista
Ugo Moctezuma
plays Latin Consul
Isabel Vázquez
plays Chicken Lady
Gustavo Fernandez
plays Transvestite
Irene Díaz de Dávila
plays Concepta
Alberto Olvera
plays Matador
Eduardo Borbolla
plays Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
plays Doña Ines
Rodolfo De Alexandre
plays Bus Driver
Juan Ángel Martínez
plays Passenger
Martín Palomares Carrión
plays Dead Indian
Mario Arévalo
plays Horseman
Ramiro Ramírez
plays Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
plays Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
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