Der Rosenkonig (1986)
Directed by Werner Schroeter
Genres - Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Erotic Drama |
Release Date - Dec 30, 1987 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 103 min. |
Countries - Germany, Portugal |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Released in English-speaking countries as The Rose King, the German Der Rosenkonig is another of director Wern Schroeter's self-indulgent studies of intense, artistically expressed human passion. The scene is a large Portuguese estate. Still-beauteous widow Magdalene Montezuma lives in empty luxury on the estate with her son. This close familial relationship is shaken up, but ultimately strengthened, by the arrival of a low-born laborer. Director Schroeter unfolds his tale with the slightly surreal logic of a midsummer daydream.
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laborer, passion, son, widow/widower