RSS Tattoo News

Russian Mafia Tattoos In Hollywood

Russian Mafia Tattoos

The most popular display of Russian Mafia Tattoos in a mainstream movie production would have to be on the body of Viggo Mortensen’s character in the David Cronenberg award winning film Eastern Promises.  Cronenberg made it a point to place detailed attention on the symbolism and importance of the tattoos that prisoners and mafia members acquired.

Most people don’t know this, but before Eastern Promises there was an acclaimed documentary on Russian Mafia Tattoos released in 2000 titled The Mark of Cain, directed by Alix Lambert.  This film goes into great detail to uncover the tradition, brutality, and practice of Russian Criminal Tattoos - some of the film is even shot in Russia’s fabled White Swan prison.  More Russian Mafia Tattoos…



2 Responses for "Russian Mafia Tattoos In Hollywood"

  1. Daniel May 20th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for information on this topic. Your post looks very interesting to me.

  2. Bialek June 23rd, 2009 at 7:19 am

    nice post
    good post add-site


Leave a comment



Comments links could be nofollow free.