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Harry Kümel

Harry Kümel

Director · Born January 27, 1940 · Antwerp, Belgium

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Biography

Harry Kümel (born 27 January 1940) is a Belgian film director. His 1971 vampire feature Daughters of Darkness (Les lèvres rouges; Fr, "The Red Lips"), starring Delphine Seyrig became a cult hit in Europe and the United States. He also directed the film version of Malpertuis (1971), featuring Orson Welles and adapted from the 1943 novel by Jean Ray. He also directed Monsieur Hawarden (1969). From 1969 until the present, Kümel has taught cinema at several film institutes, including The Dutch Film and Television Academy - Amsterdam (NFTA), Institut des Arts de Diffusion - Brussels (IAD), Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound - Brussels (RITS), and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

Directed 13

2000s

  1. 2003

    Europe - 99euro-films 2

    Director

1990s

  1. 1991

    Eline Vere

    Director

1980s

  1. 1986

    Softly from Paris

    Director

  2. The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales

    Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    Paradise Lost

    Director

  2. 1976

    The Arrival of Joachim Stiller

    Director

  3. 1972

    Malpertuis

    Director

  4. 1971

    Daughters of Darkness

    Director

    71

1960s

  1. 1969

    Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective

    Director

  2. 1968

    Monsieur Hawarden

    Director

  3. 1965

    The Warden of the Tomb

    Director

  4. 1960

    Aether

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    Anna the Maid

    Director

Wrote 11

2000s

  1. 2003

    Europe - 99euro-films 2

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1978

    Paradise Lost

    Dialogue, Screenplay

  2. 1976

    The Arrival of Joachim Stiller

    Writer

  3. 1975

    My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie

    Writer

  4. 1971

    Daughters of Darkness

    Screenplay

    71

1960s

  1. 1969

    The White Slave

    Writer

  2. Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective

    Writer

  3. Princess

    Dialogue

  4. 1965

    The Warden of the Tomb

    Writer

  5. 1960

    Aether

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1958

    Anna the Maid

    Writer

Acted in 5

2000s

  1. 2005

    Malpertuis Archive

    Movie

  2. Malpertuis Revisited

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1982

    Het Beest

    Man op autostrade

1950s

  1. 1958

    Anna the Maid

    Voice-over introduction

Camera 1

1950s

  1. 1958

    Anna the Maid

    Director of Photography

Appearances8

2020s

  1. 2020

    Tales of the Uncanny

    Self

2010s

  1. 2017

    Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema

    Self

  2. 2012

    Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

    Self

2000s

  1. 2006

    Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness

    self

  2. 2005

    Orson Welles Uncut

    Self

1990s

  1. 1993

    Hollywood by Bike

    Himself

  2. 1990

    Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

    Self

1980s

  1. 1984

    De droomproducenten

    Self