
Person
Harry Kümel
Directing · Born 1940-01-27 · Antwerp, Belgium
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).
Known for

Softly from Paris
Director

Daughters of Darkness
Director

Malpertuis
Director

Tales of the Uncanny
Self

Princess
Dialogue

My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
Writer

Europe - 99euro-films 2
Director

Malpertuis Archive
2005

Eline Vere
Director

Orson Welles Uncut
Self
Filmography
- 2020Tales of the UncannySelf
- 2017Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror CinemaSelf
- 2012Horror Europa with Mark GatissSelf
- 2006Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darknessself
- 2005Malpertuis Archive
- 2005Malpertuis Revisited
- 2005Orson Welles UncutSelf
- 2003Europe - 99euro-films 2Director
- 1993Hollywood by BikeHimself
- 1991Eline VereDirector
- 1990Janssen & Janssens draaien een filmSelf
- 1986Softly from ParisDirector
- 1986The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish TalesDirector
- 1984De droomproducentenSelf
- 1982Het BeestMan op autostrade
- 1978Paradise LostPhotographer
- 1976The Arrival of Joachim StillerDirector
- 1975My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & JulieWriter
- 1972MalpertuisDirector
- 1971Daughters of DarknessDirector
- 1969The White SlaveWriter
- 1969Josef von Sternberg, A RetrospectiveWriter
- 1969PrincessDialogue
- 1968Monsieur HawardenDirector
- 1965The Warden of the TombDirector
- 1960AetherDirector
- 1958Anna the MaidVoice-over introduction
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