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Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk born October 31, 1922 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was a director, writer and composer, Prince Norodom Sihanouk was appointed the King of Cambodia in 1941, when he wa…
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Norodom Sihanouk born October 31, 1922 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was a director, writer and composer, Prince Norodom Sihanouk was appointed the King of Cambodia in 1941, when he was merely nineteen years. He remained the ruler of the nation for fourteen years, from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004, interspersed with brief but frequent spells as Prime Minister. Sihanouk was enthusiastic about the trends and glamour of the western world. He introduced "The Twist" in Cambodia in 1960 and became a record producer of Cambodian pop and rock'n roll music. These new cultural expressions upset some groups. Sihanouk banished this opposition to his pop concept from the capital Phnom Penh. Part of the resistance eventually created the movement Khmer Rouge. In 1965 Norodom Sihanouk expanded his modern idea of Cambodia to include film. He wrote, directed, produced and appeared in documentaries and feature films for five years. He resumed filming in North Korea in 1988. Sihanouk's last film, "Le Cid Khmer", was released in Cambodia 2005. Over the years, Prince/King/Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk resided in, apart from Cambodia, in the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He died of a heart attack on October 15, 2012, in Beijing, China.
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2026
Krung Thep
Movie Norodom Sihanouk
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2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
La Châtelaine de Banareath
Movie Director
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2005
Le Cid Khmer
Movie Dialogue
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1998
The Great Assassination
Movie Director
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1997
An Apostle of Non-Violence
Movie Director
- 1997
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1996
The Heir of a Vanquished Secessionist
Movie Director
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1995
An Ambition Reduced to Ashes
Movie Director
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1995
The Last Days of Colonel Savath
Movie Producer
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1994
Peasants in Distress
Movie Director
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1993
See Angkor and Die
Movie Director
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1992
My Village at Sunset
Movie Director
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1991
I Shall Never See You Again, Oh My Beloved Kampuchea
Movie Director
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1989
The Countess of Nokorom
Movie Director
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1989
Goodbye My Love
Movie Director
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1988
The Mysterious City
Movie Director
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1983
Der Dschungelkrieg
Movie Self
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1969
The Joy of Life
Movie Director
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1969
Twilight
Movie Prince Adit
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1969
Tragic Destiny
Movie
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1969
The Rose of Bokor
Movie Ichiro Hasegawa
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1968
Shadow Over Angkor
Movie Prince
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1967
Le petit prince du peuple
Movie Director
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1966
The Enchanted Forest
Movie Preah Angk
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1966
Apsara
Movie Director
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1965
Cambodia
Movie Director
- 1964
