Rammstein's "Rosenrot": A Monk & Romanian Teen's Sexual Affair

Rosenrot (2005) was Rammstein's fifth studio album, and "Rosenrot" ("Rose-red") was the third song on the German album. The video for "Rosenrot" premiered on MTV Germany.

Interestingly, "Rosenrot" is about a man who tragically attempts to fulfill the request of his lover to fetch a rose from a mountain. 

However, the video, set in Romania, is about an age-gap relationship between a monk (vocalist Till Lindemann) and a village girl (14-year-old Romanian model Cătălina Lavric) whom the monk eyes at a feast. 

Instead of requesting a rose from a mountain, the nymphet requested that the monk kill her parents. Unable to resist the allure of a Romanian nymphet, after sleeping under the nymphet's bed and the nymphet caresing the monk with a rose, the monk fulfilled the request only to be burned at the stake by the villagers - upon the nymphets request. 

We've seen this monk slash nymphet theme slash motif in a number of movies like The Monk (2011) and The Night of the Iguana (1964). 

Famous Age-Gap Couple: Vincent Cassel (53) & Tina Kunakey (23)

 

Deirdre Simonds related in the Daily Mail post: "Vincent Cassel, 53, and his wife Tina Kunakey, 23, look happier than ever as they enjoy a beach day with their daughter Amazonie, one, in Brazil":

The loved-up couple married in a private ceremony at the city hall in Bidart, south-west France, on August 2018.

Tina Kunakey (19) & Vincent Cassel (49)

They were first linked back in July 2016 when Tina, then 19, shared a social media snap of herself cuddling up to the then 49-year-old actor while smoking a cigarette.

We know Cassel from The Monk (2011) [French: Le moine] where he played a monk who was understandably very religious. Consequently, he (initially) rejected the advances of a teen who sneaked into the monastery to seduce him; however, the Monk's inhibitions were released after the nubile seductress drugged him and took his virginity. Thereafter, aggressively pursued the nymphet. 

THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (1964): "Lolita" Seduces a Priest

Here's part of the storyline posted on IMDb for The Night of the Iguana (1964):

The Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon has been living in Mexico for two years, working as a tourist guide for a cut-rate travel agency. Shannon lost his church and was defrocked after taking liberties with one of his parishioners. He's now accompanying a group of middle-aged ladies from Texas whose leader, Judith Fellowes, is keeping a close eye on her teenage ward, Charlotte Goodall [(Sue Lyon)], who definitely has an interest in the former priest. After Charlotte and Shannon spend the night together, Fellowes is out to have him fired [...]

Lolita (1962) fans are well-aware that Sue Lyon was 14 when she was cast into Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Nabokov's novel. However, did you know that Lyon played a similar role, at the age of 17, in The Night of the Iguana (1964), which is based on Tennessee Williams' play?

In The Night of the Iguana (1964), Charlotte Goodall (Sue Lyon), a nymphet, enters Reverend Shannon's bedroom and seduces the Episcopal priest, who was played by the alleged real-life ephebophile Richard Burton. 

The seduction comes after Reverend Shannon was seduced (off screen) by "a very young Sunday school teacher." However, in both cases, the Reverend was accused of being the aggressor and in the wrong.

It may sound counter-intuitive that a 17-year-old may be attracted to a priest or monk, but the mindset of priests and pimps are similar. Consequently, they're similarly attractive to (young) women.

The teleiophile themed The Night of the Iguana won an Oscar, grossed $12 million worldwide at the box office, earned $4.5 million in US theatrical rentals, and was the 10th highest grossing film of 1964. And Time magazine said the film, " [...] excites the senses, persuades the mind, and even occasionally speaks to the spirit—one of the best movies ever made from a Tennessee Williams play."