The Rose King (1986)
Directed by Werner Schroeter · Cinematography by Wolfgang Pilgrim, Elfi Mikesch
106 min58 frames
Drama
If two children kiss before they can speak, one of them will die.
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What is The Rose King about?
A mentally unstable woman and her son move to a sprawling mansion in Portugal to grow roses.
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What does the cinematography of The Rose King look like?
Across 58 sampled frames, The Rose King builds its coverage from medium shots (40% of the sample), with close-ups (38%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Wolfgang Pilgrim keeps 71% of it in soft, low-key light. 66% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 76% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Rose King?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Rose King (1986) are #090a0c, #2b2e2d, #0d1a2d, #4a4d4c, #2b3549, #d6d4cd — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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