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| "The movie may seem bewildering, however, because the narrative is
overlaid with a clutter of symbols and ideas. Jodorowsky employs
anything that can give the audience a charge, even if the charges are
drawn from different systems of thought that are -- *as thought* --
incompatible.... Well, of course, you don't need erudition to draw on
matters religious and philosophical that way -- any dabbler can do it.
All you need is a theatrical instinct and a talent for (a word I once
promised myself never to use) frisson. Jodorowsky is... a director for
whom ideas are sensuous entities -- sensuous toys, really, to be
played with. By piling onto the Western man-with-no-name
righteous-avenger form elements from Eastern fables, Catholic
symbolism, and so on, Jodorowsky achieves a kind of comic-strip
mythology. And when you play with ideas this way, promiscuously --
with thoughts and enigmas and with symbols of human suffering -- the
resonances get so thick and confused that the game may seem not just
theatre but labyrinthine, 'deep': a masterpiece."- Pauline Kael |
Language: Spanish
Runtime: Mexico: 125 mins.
Sound Mix: Mono
Directed by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Elvira Agosti .... Woman 5
Jose Antonio Alcaraz .... Sheriff
Rene Alis .... Bandit 6
Antonio Alvarez (III) .... Prisoner 1
Alfonso Arau .... Bandit 1
Rene Barrera .... Bandit 5
Gerardo Cepeda .... Bandit 4
Marcos E. Contreras .... Boxer 2
Eduardo Danel .... Prisoner 5
Julian De Meriche .... Priest
Felipe Diaz Garza .... Deputy
Jose Luis Fernandez .... Bandit 2
Victor Fosada .... Master 3
Alvaro Garcia .... Prisoner 6
Pedro Garcia .... Man With Carrot
Frederico Gonzales .... Bandit 7
Ruben Gonzales .... Prisoner 2
Francisco Gonzalez Salazar .... Shopkeeper
Jose Luis Gonzalez de Leon .... Man In Church
Pepita Gonzalez .... Woman 3
Aldo Grunelli .... Monk 4
Juan Jose Gurrola .... Master 2
Agustin Isunza .... Master 4
Alejandro Jodorowsky .... El Topo
Brontis Jodorowsky .... Son Of El Topo (as a boy)
Robert John .... Son Of El Topo (as a man)
Alf Junco .... Bandit 3
Carmen Lamadrid .... Woman 2
Vincente Lara .... Bandit 8
Carlos Lavenant .... Executioner 1
Pablo Leder .... Monk 1
Jose Legarreta .... Dying Man
Cecilia Leguer .... Woman 4
Beatriz Beltran Lobo .... Woman 1
Berta Loneli .... Mother Of Master 2
Mara Lorenzio .... Mara
Jacqueline Luis .... Small Woman
Pablo Marichal .... Slave
Ignacio Martinez Espana .... Armless Man
Hector Martinez .... Master 1
Cristian Merkel .... Monk 3
Victor Manuel Osorio .... Prisoner 3
Eliseo Pereda .... Executioner 2
Patricio Pereda .... The Child
Jose Perez Bustos .... Prisoner 4
Paula Romo .... Woman In Black
Giuliano Girini Sasseroli .... Monk 2
Eliseo Gardea Saucio .... Legless Man
Arturo Silva .... Boxer 2
David Silvia .... The Colonel
Valerie Tremblay .... Woman In Church
Written by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cinematography by
Rafael Corkidi
Music by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Nacho Mendez
Production Design by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Costume Design by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Film Editing by
Federico Landeros
Produced by
Allen Klein
Roberto Viskin
