CRONOS
Vampire film. In 1536 an alchemist invented the "chronos device", an instrument which has the power to grant eternal life but gives its user a need for life-sustaining human blood. Four hundred years later the device is discovered by an antiquarian who inadvertently becomes dependent on it.
Cast & credits
Cast
- narrator Jorge Martinez De Hoyos
- Jesús Gris Federico Luppi
- Angel de la Guardia Ron Perlman
- Dieter de la Guardia Claudio Brook
- Mercedes Gris Margarita Isabel
- Aurora Gris Tamara Shanath
- Tito Daniel Giménez Cacho
- Fulcanelli, the alchemist Mario Iván Martínez
- funeral director Juan Carlos Columbo
- Manuelito Farnesio de Bernal
- buyer Luis Rodriguez
- bleeding man Javier Alvarez
- drunk Gerardo Moscoso
- stoned man Eugenio Lobo
- tango student Adriana Olivera
- tango student Clementina Rojas
- tango student Tzinia Salgado
- tango student Luis de Icaza
- tango student Jorge Bolada
- tango student Ignacio Raiz Oviedo
- Mimo Francisco Sánchez
- watchman Laurencio Cordero
- orchestra Orquesta de Agustin Romero
- [man walking dog] Guillermo del Toro
Credits
Direction
- Director Guillermo del Toro
- Assistant Director (1st) Sebastián Silva
- Assistant Director (2nd) Joaquín Silva
- Assistant Director (3rd) Andrés Ortega
- Continuity Mariana Gironella
- Continuity Valentina Leduc
Production
- ©/Production Company Iguana Producciones
- In association with Ventana Films
- Presents Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
- Presents IMCINE
- Presents Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica
- Presents University of Guadalajara
- Presents Grupo Del Toro
- Presents Guillermo Springall Caram
- Presents Arturo Whalley Martinez
- Presents Servicios Filmicos
- Presents Larson Sound Center
- Presents Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinemat
- Producer Arthur H. Gorson
- Producer Berta Navarro
- Co-producer Alejandro Springall
- Co-producer Bernard Nussbaumer
- Associate Producer Rafael Cruz
- Associate Producer Jorge Sánchez
- Associate Producer Julio Solorzano Foppa
- Unit Production Manager Isaac Piñeda
- Production Manager Matthias Ehrenberg
- Production Administrator Lourdes Pérez Nido
- Production Co-ordinator Sachiko Uzeta
- Production Co-ordinator Yvette Brestyanszky
- Production Co-ordinator Sunil Perkash
- Production Accountant Alida Castelan
- Location Manager Pablo Buelna
- Production Assistant Rodrigo Alvarez
- Production Assistant Nuri Palacios
- Production Assistant Juan Carlos Garrido
Writing
- Screenplay Guillermo del Toro
Photography
- Director of Photography Guillermo Navarro
- 2nd Unit Photographer Carlos Marcovich
- Camera Assistant (1st) Rafael Ortega
- Camera Assistant (2nd) Gerardo Manjarrez
- Camera Assistant (3rd) Fernando Díaz
- Gaffer Sergio Suaste
- Chief Electrician Enrique Sanchez
- Electrician Alejandro Rangel
- Electrician Eduardo Oviedo
- Electrician Carlos Sanchez
- Electrician Jesus Gonzales
- Electrician Ernesto Serrano
- Electrician Benito Aguilar
- Grip Ricardo Arvizu
- Grip Ricardo Hernandez
- Grip Humberto Sanchez
- Grip Juan Carlos Rodriguez
- Grip Patricio Pereda
- Grip Noe Muñoz
- Dolly Grip Salomon Ordoñez
- HMI Operator Jaime Trejo
- Generator Operator Tiburcio Carabes
- Video Operator Erick Sañudo
Stills
- Stills Photography Luis Garcia
- Stills Photography David Capistram
Special Effects
- Special Effects Laurencio Cordero
- Special Effects Assistant Manuel Cordero
- Special Effects Assistant Pedro Gonzalez
- Graphics Ria Lewerke
Editing
- Editor Raúl Dávalos
- Editing Service Directors Sound
- Associate Editor Paul O'bryan
- Assistant Editor (1st) Jennifer Dolce
- Assistant Editor (2nd) Phyllis Housen
Design
- Production Designer Tolita Figueroa
- Art Director Brigitte Broch
- Art Designer Maria Figueroa
- Design of the Diary Felipe Ehrenberg
- Art Co-ordinator Terry Fernandez
- Art Assistant Angelica Garcia
- Art Assistant Andrea Del Moral
- Special Set Decoration Carlos Clausel
- Prop Manufacture Salvador Parra
- Special Props Ana Barreto
- Prop Master Eduardo López
- Construction Ruben Rodarte
- Construction Luis Rodriguez
- Construction Benigno Fuentes
- Construction Sergio Fuentes
- Construction José Cruz
- Construction Daniel Hernan
- Construction Alfonso Rojas
Costumes
- Costumes Genoveva Petitpierre
- Wardrobe Supervisor Federico Castillo
- Wardrobe Assistant Maria De Jesus Luna
- Wardrobe Manufacture Producciones El Milagro
Make-up
- Make-up Julieta Napoles
- Special Make-up Effects Necropia
- Special Make-up Effects M. Carvajal
- Special Make-up Effects Assistant Lorenza Newton
- Exterior of the Invention Designed by Jose Fors
- Exterior of the Invention Designed by Ruben Rivera
- Interior of the Invention Designed by Guillermo del Toro
- Interior of the Invention Designed by Jaime Sandoval
- Interior of the Invention Designed by Francisco Bernal
- Mechanism of the Invention Created by Ruben Rivera
- Mechanism of the Invention Created by Guillermo Newton
- Insect Designed, Sculpted & Animated by Jose Fors
- Insect Designed, Sculpted & Animated by Guillermo Newton
- Insect Designed, Sculpted & Animated by Guillermo del Toro
- Insect Designed, Sculpted & Animated by M. Carvajal
- Mechanism Construction Supervisor Rigoberto Mora
- Jeweller Jaime Bizarro
- Jeweller Juan Ascencio
- Arcangel Sculpted by Jaime De Anda
- Arcangel Finished by Micaela Osmick
- Arcangel Finished by Lourdes Estrada
- Arcangel Finished by Ana Acevedo
- Sculptor Alberto Salcedo
- Sculptor Francisco Bernal
- Sculptor Jaime Sandoval
- Sculptor Carlos Espinosa
- Hair and Make-up Julieta Napoles
- Wigs and Accessories Luis Horcasitas
Film processing
- Titles and Optical Effects Mercer Titles and Optical Effects
- Mercer Titles (Title Design Supervisor) Philip Meador
- Laboratory Foto-Kem/Foto-Tronics
- Grader Chuck Winston
- Cameras and Lenses Supplied by Servicios Filmicos
Music
- Composer and Musical Director Javier Alvarez
- Composer's Assistant Paul Jackson
- Music Supervisor Steve Soles
- Music Producer Ian Dearden
- Music Editor Kevin Kern
- Music Editor Kevin Kern
Choreography
- Choreography Esther Soler
Sound
- Sound Supervisor Claudia Becker
- Sound Supervisor Marissa Iglesias
- Executive Sound Supervisor Bruce W. Bell
- Dolby Stereo Supervisor Thom Ehle
- Sound Recording Church Studios
- Sound Recording Assistant Bruce Robbins
- Sound Fernando Cámara
- Sound Assistant Santiago Núñez
- Optical Sound by NT Audio
- Sound Engineer Jay Jones
- Sound Engineer John Davies
- Boom Operator Jorge Palomino
- Dubbing Mixer John F. Reiner
- Sound Re-recordist David E. Fluhr
- Sound Re-recordist George R. Grooves
- Sound Re-recordist John Asman
- Supervising Sound Editor Burton Weinstein
- Post-production Sound Larson Sound Center
- Sound Editor Thomas Burke
- Sound Editor Andre Caporaso
- Sound Editor Clark Conrad
- Sound Editor Joseph Carey
- Sound Editor Gary Gelfan
- Sound Editor Stephen Grubbs
- Sound Editor Michael Gutierrez
- Sound Editor Philip Jamtaas
- Sound Editor Joseph A. Johnston
- Sound Editor Lloyd Kaiser
- Sound Editor John Kincade
- Sound Editor Todd Nieson
- Sound Editor Eric Norris
- Sound Editor Craig Otte
- Sound Editor Randal Thomas
- Foley Artist Dean P. Minnedy
- Foley Artist Robert Muchnicki
- Foley Mixer Paul Aronoff
- Dubbing in Mexico Nerio Barberis
- Dubbing in Mexico Audiolab
- Dubbing in Argentina Miguel de Luna
Stunts
- Stunt Co-ordinator Gerardo Moreno
- Stunts Javier Lambert
- Stunts Gerardo Soto Jr.
Consultant
- Entomologist Enrique Mariño
- Legal Consultant Robert O. Kaplan
- Dedicated to the Memory of Josefina Camberos
- Thanks to Alfonso Cuarón
- Thanks to James Cameron