Harry Kümel
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 27, 1940, Antwerp, Belgium
- Movies
- 27
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).
Best-Known Movies
Daughters of Darkness
1971
Malpertuis
1972
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
1975
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
1976
Eline Vere
1991
Paradise Lost
1978
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales
1986
The Warden of the Tomb
1965
Filmography
| 2020 | Tales of the Uncanny | Self |
| 2017 | Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema | Self |
| 2012 | Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss | Self |
| 2006 | Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness | self |
| 2005 | Malpertuis Archive | |
| 2005 | Malpertuis Revisited | |
| 2005 | Orson Welles Uncut | Self |
| 1993 | Hollywood by Bike | Himself |
| 1990 | Janssen & Janssens draaien een film | Self |
| 1984 | De droomproducenten | Self |
| 1982 | Het Beest | Man op autostrade |
| 1978 | Paradise Lost | Photographer |
| 1958 | Anna the Maid | Voice-over introduction |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2003 | Europe - 99euro-films 2 | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Eline Vere | Director |
| 1986 | The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales | Director |
| 1978 | Paradise Lost | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Arrival of Joachim Stiller | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie | Writer |
| 1972 | Malpertuis | Director |
| 1971 | Daughters of Darkness | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | The White Slave | Writer |
| 1969 | Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective | Writer, Director |
| 1968 | Monsieur Hawarden | Director |
| 1965 | The Warden of the Tomb | Director, Writer |
| 1960 | Aether | Director, Writer |
| 1958 | Anna the Maid | Director, Writer |
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