

Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho
1978, Spanish. Directed by Bigas Luna.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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Details
- Released
- 5 June 1978
- Original title
- Tatuaje, primera aventura de Pepe Carvalho
- Country
- Spain
- Written by
- Bigas Luna, José Ulloa
- Box office
- $17K
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Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 June 1978. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho?
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Who directed Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho?
Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho (1978) was directed by Bigas Luna and stars Carlos Ballesteros, Pilar Velázquez, Mónica Randall.