The Holy Mountain(Movie, 1973)

Name: The Holy Mountain
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973
Duration: T01:54:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "La montaña sagrada" (Spanish/ES)

| 1h 54min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 383 votes)

The Holy Mountain (Spanish: La montaña sagrada) is a 1973 Mexican surrealistic arthouse film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film. Following Jodorowsky's underground hit El Topo, acclaimed by both John Lennon and George Harrison, the film was produced by the Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music and Records. John Lennon and Yoko Ono put up production money. It was shown at various international film festivals in 1973, including Cannes, and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco. ()

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About 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.

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Trailer for The Holy Mountain + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Holy Mountain (Official Trailer)- Alejandro Jodorowsky(Trailer, 2:37)

The Holy Mountain (Official Trailer)- Alejandro Jodorowsky (Trailer) | Montana Sacra - Der Heilige Berg (1973) Trailer, OmdU (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Mexico

Shot in: Mexico

Made by: Producciones Zohar, ABKCO Films

Original language: Spanish (ES)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 21 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/29/1973

Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Richard Rutowski, David Silva, Juan Ferrara, Blanca Sánchez

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Producer: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Allen Klein

Screenwriter: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Film Editor: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Director of Photography: Rafael Corkidi

Composer: Don Cherry

Costume designer: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"A Montanha Sagrada"

"La Montagne Sacrée"

"La Montagna Sacra"

"홀리 마운틴"

"聖山"

"The Sacred Mountain"

Keywords: psychedelic, blasphemy, satire, alchemist, enlightenment, paraplegic, surreal, thief, alchemy, symbolism, christianity, religion and supernatural, mexico, surrealism

Budget: 750,000 USD

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The Holy Mountain(Movie, 1973)

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