Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho (1978)
A man's body turns up on a Barcelona beach with a message tattooed on his arm: "I was born to revolutionize hell". Detective Pepe Carvalho is put in charge of the case, taking him from the back streets of Barcelona to the Amsterdam canals, with no effect whatsoever on his peculiar investigation methods.
Director:
Bigas Luna
Writers:
Bigas Luna, José Ulloa.
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Carlos Ballesteros as Pepe Carvalho |
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Pilar Velázquez as Charo |
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Mónica Randall as Teresa Marsé |
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Carmen Liaño as |
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Carlos Lucena as Ramón |
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Luis Ciges as Bromuro |
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Terele Pávez as |
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Geert de Jong as |
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Luis Induni as |
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Consol Tura as |
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Francisco Falcon as |
| Directing | Bigas Luna | Director |
| Writing | Bigas Luna | Screenplay |
| Writing | José Ulloa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Manuel Vázquez Montalbán | Novel |
| Sound | Joan Albert Amargós | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tomàs Pladevall | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Consol Tura | Costume Design |