''La Rose de Fer'' (

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: ''The Iron Rose'') is a 1973

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film directed by

Jean Rollin Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 193815 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre. Overview Rollins' career, spanning over fifty years, featured early short film ...

. It stars

Françoise Pascal Françoise Pascal (born 14 October 1949) is a British actress, singer, dancer, fashion model, and producer born in Mauritius to French parents. She appeared in numerous film and television productions in her peak throughout the late 1960s to ea ...

Hugues Quester Hugues Quester (born 5 August 1948) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1969. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1983 film '' City of Pirates''. Selected filmography * ''Mr. Freedom'' (1969) * ''La rose d ...

Nathalie Perrey Nathalie Perrey or Natalie Perrey (28 February 1929 – 25 March 2012) was a French actress. She is best known for her many years working with director Jean Rollin, appearing in several of his films. She has consistently worked as a film edi ...

, Mireille Dargent and Michel Dalessalle. 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. While cycling, they see the entrance of a lonely cemetery and decide to 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.

Release

''The Iron Rose'' was released 12 April 1973 by Les Films ABC.

Home media

''La Rose de Fer'' was released on

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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

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and in the US on 25 September 2007 by Redemption. It was released on

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on 24 January 2012 by

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/Redemption in a newly restored HD remaster in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1, containing an English dubbed version and the original French audio, both in LPMC 2.0, with the inclusion of optional English subtitles. Special features on the set included trailers, interviews with Pascal and Perrey, and a booklet essay by ''Video Watchdog'' editor Tim Lucas.or of The film was additionally released on Blu-ray by Redemption as part of a five-disc collection, along with ''Fascination'', ''

La Vampire Nue ''La Vampire Nue'' (English: ''The Nude Vampire'', ''The Naked Vampire'') is a 1970 film directed by Jean Rollin. It concerns a suicide cult led by a mysterious man known as "The Master". Plot In a strange laboratory, three men in weird masks ta ...

'', '' Le Frisson des Vampires'' and ''

Lèvres de Sang ''Lèvres de Sang'' (English: ''Lips of Blood'') is a 1975 French horror film directed by Jean Rollin. The film tells the story of a man who begins to have visions of a young woman dressed in white who is locked behind the gates of a château. The ...

''. In 2017, it was announced that ''The Iron Rose'' will be released on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom by Screenbound Pictures subsidiary Black House on 16 November 2017; it will be the first Rollin film available in the UK in that format.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iron Rose 1972 horror films 1972 films French horror films French horror drama films Films directed by Jean Rollin 1970s French-language films 1970s French films