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Overview

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Director:
Guillermo del Toro
Writer:
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)
Contact:
View company contact information for Cronos on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
May 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror more
Plot:
In 1535, an alchemist builds an extraordinary mechanism encapsulated into a small golden device. The invention... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
21 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
a simply beautiful movie more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Federico Luppi ... Jesus Gris

Ron Perlman ... Angel de la Guardia
Claudio Brook ... De la Guardia
Margarita Isabel ... Mercedes
Tamara Shanath ... Aurora
Daniel Giménez Cacho ... Tito
Mario Iván Martínez ... Alchemist
Farnesio de Bernal ... Manuelito
Juan Carlos Colombo ... Funeral Director
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos ... Narrator (voice)
Luis Rodríguez ... Buyer
Javier Álvarez ... Bleeding Man
Gerardo Moscoso ... Drunk
Eugenio Lobo ... Stoned Man
Adriana Olivera ... Tango Student
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Chronos
La invención de Cronos
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MPAA:
Rated R for horror violence and for language.
Runtime:
94 min
Country:
Mexico
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Mexico
Company:
CNCAIMC more

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Trivia:
Mechanical objects and special effects were carried out by Guillermo del Toro's own monster and make up FX company "Necropia" (The company no longer exists, but was functional for 15 years). more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Jesús searches for Aurora after she has taken the Cronos, as he walks through two doors, he stops. Behind him, reflected in the glass of the door, is crew and equipment. more
Quotes:
Narrator: [over the opening sequence] In 1536, fleeing from the Inquisition, the alchemist Uberto Fulcanelli disembarked in Veracruz, Mexico. Appointed official watchmaker to the Viceroy, Fulcanelli was determined to perfect an invention which would provide him with the key to eternal life. He was to name it... more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Masters of Horror (2002) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Die Schöne Müllerin more

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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
a simply beautiful movie, 15 May 2006
10/10
Author: cornelius ayersrock from France

Cronos is the first Guillermo Del Toro movie, and it is a great achievement. There's not much to say : it is a beautiful movie, a classical, beautiful and simple movie. There's some fantastic in it, but that's not all : the greatness of this movie is based on the characters : Ron Perlman and the man at the morgue are specially brilliant. It is dark, full of suspense, tensed, and extremely funny in the same time. With low budget and simple frames, Del Toro has managed to picture the true essence of cinema : a good story, good characters, and lots of blood, humor and cruelty. What else could we add ? Just watch this. This movie has been badly underrated. It is intelligent and honest. Far superior to lots of over intellectual or too much precious horror movies with over beautiful aesthetics. CRONOS is simply brilliant. Long life to Guillermo Del Toro !

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