Person
Roland Topor
Writing · 1938–1997 · Paris, France
Biography
Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.
Known for
Apostrophes
Self
Ciné regards
Self
Midi trente
Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
Telecat
Characters
Palace
Writer
De l'autre côté
Writer
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Renfield
The Tenant
Novel
The Satin Spider
Le médecin
Filmography
- 2024JokoTheatre Play
- 2019Portrait of SuzanneOriginal Story
- 2015Les vendredis d'ApostrophesSelf (archive footage)
- 2012The Orphan Plus Minus an ArmOriginal Story
- 2010Fantastic LalouxSelf
- 2008BataillesTheatre Play
- 2005L'Hiver sous la tableAuthor
- 2004Topor and MeSelf (Voice)
- 1997Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
- 1996Three Lives and Only One DeathBum #2
- 1995Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la têteMaître Bessonet
- 1993Topor, Père et Fils
- 1990The Most Beautiful Breasts in the WorldStory
- 1989De l'autre côtéWriter
- 1989MarquisWriter
- 1988PalaceWriter
- 1987Nulle part ailleursSelf
- 1986The Satin SpiderLe médecin
- 1986La Galette du roiWriter
- 1984Swann in LoveBiche
- 1983TelecatCharacters
- 1981The Ones That Got AwayThe murderous fencer
- 1979The Hamburg SyndromeWriter
- 1979The Making of 'Nosferatu'Self
- 1979Nosferatu the VampyreRenfield
- 1979Destins parallèles
- 1979RatataplanThe Boss
- 1978Ciné regardsSelf
- 1976The TenantNovel
- 1975The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing GuardLe pochard
- 1975The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanInspector Labelote
- 1975ApostrophesSelf
- 1975The GameWriter
- 1974Italiques: Roland ToporSelf
- 1974Sweet Movie
- 1974Threshold of the VoidHomme dans le métro
- 1973Fantastic PlanetScreenplay
- 1972The Troubles of AlfredWriter
- 1972Midi trenteSelf
- 1972Cartoon circusSelf
- 1966Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?Un émissaire du prince
- 1966The SnailsDraughtsman
- 1965He! Viva DadaSelf
- 1964Dead TimesWriter
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