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Harry Kümel
Antwerp, Belgium
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 bec…
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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).
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2020
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie Self
- 2017
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2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Movie Self
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2006
Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
Movie self
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2005
Malpertuis Archive
Movie
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2005
Orson Welles Uncut
Movie Self
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2005
Malpertuis Revisited
Movie
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2003
Europe - 99euro-films 2
Movie Director
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1993
Hollywood by Bike
Movie Himself
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1991
Eline Vere
Movie Director
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1990
Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
Movie Self
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1986
Softly from Paris
TV show Director
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1986
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales
Movie Director
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1984
De droomproducenten
Movie Self
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1982
Het Beest
Movie Man op autostrade
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1978
Paradise Lost
Movie Photographer
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1976
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
Movie Writer
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1975
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
Movie Writer
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1972
Malpertuis
Movie Director
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1971
Daughters of Darkness
Movie Director
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1969
The White Slave
Movie Writer
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1969
Princess
Movie Dialogue
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1969
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
Movie Writer
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1968
Monsieur Hawarden
Movie Director
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1965
The Warden of the Tomb
Movie Director
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1960
Aether
Movie Director
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1958
Anna the Maid
Movie Voice-over introduction
