The Iron Rose

La Rose de Fer

Theatrical poster
Directed by Jean Rollin
Produced by Sam Selsky
Written by Jean Rollin
Tristan Corbière
Maurice Lemaître
Starring Françoise Pascal
Hugues Quester
Nathalie Perrey
Mireille Dargent
Michel Dalessalle
Music by Pierre Raph
Edited by Michel Patient
Distributed by Les Films ABC
Release dates
12 April 1973
Running time
86 mins
Country  France
Language French

La Rose de Fer (English title: The Iron Rose) is a 1972 film directed by Jean Rollin. It was his first film not to feature vampires, a theme for which he was best known, but it still features all the dream-like qualities associated with his films.

Plot

A young woman and man meet at a wedding reception and arrange a date. They meet at a railway station and go for a picnic and bike ride. They arrive at the entrance of a lonely cemetery and go inside.

Once inside the huge cemetery, the woman becomes anxious. The man calms her and persuades her to enter a crypt with him. A strange man watches the couple. The man and the woman make love in the crypt. A clown places some flowers on a nearby grave and leaves. An old woman closes the cemetery gates.

When the couple finally exit the crypt, night has fallen and they cannot find their way out. They begin to panic. They discover a small building; inside are several child-sized coffins holding small skeletons. The woman becomes moody and exhibits bizarre behavior and personality changes. She locks her lover in the crypt and he suffocates. Dawn finds the woman dancing around the cemetery, and later entering the crypt herself. The old woman reopens the cemetery gates. Finding the crypt closed, she puts flowers on top of it.

Home media

DVD

La Rose de Fer was released in its original aspect ratio of 1.62:1 on 20 January 2005 in Europe by X-Rated Kult DVD, in the UK on 28 March 2005 by Redemption Films , and in the US on 25 September 2007 by Redemption.[1][2]

Blu-ray

La Rose de Fer was released in 2012 by Kino Lorber in a five Blu-ray collection, along with Fascination, La Vampire Nue, Le Frisson des Vampires and Lèvres de Sang.

References

  1. "DVD comparison for La Rose de Fer". dvdbeaver.com. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  2. "La Rose de Fer DVD Review". dvdtalk.com. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
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