Details
The Iron Rose (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)
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Pre-order - Release date: 19.05.2025
Original title: La rose de fer
Year: 1973
Country: France
Region code: A/B/C
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697922790
Image: 1.66:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
English - Original Mono
French - Original Mono
Subtitles: English, English SDH
Age rating: 15
Genre: Horror / Drama
Cast: Françoise Pascal, Hugues Quester
Director: Jean Rollin
Synopsis:
When a couple – played by Françoise Pascal ( Burke and Hare ) and Hugues Quester ( Je t'aime moi non plus ) – stumble across an old cemetery, they begin to explore its gravestones and crypts. But, as night falls, they find that they are unable to leave...
Extras:
- New 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- Two presentations of the film: La Rose de fer , Jean Rollin's original French-language version; and The Crystal Rose , the English-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historian Tim Lucas (2025)
- Jean Rollin Introduces 'The Iron Rose' (1998)
- Archival interview with Rollin (2010): the filmmaker discusses The Iron Rose
- Les Nuits du cimetiere (2024): in-depth documentary on the making of The Iron Rose by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with key Rollin associates Jean-Noël Delamarre, Natalie Perrey, and Alain Petit
- Archival interview with Françoise Pascal (2012)
- Newly edited interview with Françoise Pascal (2025)
- Critical appreciation by author and film historian Stephen Thrower (2025)
- The Yellow Loves ( Les Amours jaunes , 1958): Rollin's impressionist interpretation of the poetry of Tristan Corbière
- Marcelline Block on Tristan Corbière (2025): the academic explores the poet's influence on Rollin's work
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English version
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Nick Pinkerton, an archival introduction by Jean Rollin, a reprint of Rollin's original 1972 scenario titled The Night of the Cemetery , an archival interview with Françoise Pascal, Jean Rollin on The Yellow Loves , an introduction to the poetry of Tristan Corbière, and full film credits
- Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US
