The Holy Mountain

The Holy Mountain

114 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 1973

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

The Holy Mountain

114 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 1973

The Holy Mountain
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Producciones Zohar, ABKCO Films
Original title La montaña sagrada
Directors Rafael Villaseñor Kuri, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Writers Alejandro Jodorowsky

Cast

Alejandro Jodorowsky

as The Alchemist

Horacio Salinas

as The Thief

Zamira Saunders

as The Written Woman

Juan Ferrara

as Fon

Adriana Page

as Isla

Burt Kleiner

as Klen

Nicky Nichols

as Berg

Luis Lomelí

as Lut

Ana De Sade

as The Prostitute

Jacqueline Voltaire

as Tourist Wife

Chucho-Chucho

as The Chimpanzee

Letícia Robles

as Bald Woman 1

Connie De La Mora

as Bald Woman 2

David Kapralik

as Tourist

Pablo Leder

as Circus Barker

Bobby Cameron

as Fon's Working Girl

Re Debris

as Klen's Lover

Lupita Peruyero

as Berg's Wife

José Antonio Alcaraz

as Pantheon's Bar Owner

Héctor Ortega

as Drug Master

Robert Taicher

as Poet

Arielle Dombasle

as (uncredited)

Manuel Dondé

as Wanderer (uncredited)

Marcela López Rey

as Prostitute (uncredited)

David Silva

as Fon's Father (uncredited)

Jane Mitchell

as Stripteaser (uncredited)