Roland Topor
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 7, 1938, Paris, France
- Died
- April 16, 1997
- Movies
- 33
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2015 | Les vendredis d'Apostrophes | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Fantastic Laloux | Self |
| 2004 | Topor and Me | Self (Voice) |
| 1997 | Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort | |
| 1996 | Three Lives and Only One Death | Bum #2 |
| 1995 | Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête | Maître Bessonet |
| 1993 | Topor, Père et Fils | |
| 1986 | The Satin Spider | Le médecin |
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Biche |
| 1981 | The Ones That Got Away | The murderous fencer |
| 1979 | The Making of 'Nosferatu' | Self |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Renfield |
| 1979 | Destins parallèles | |
| 1979 | Ratataplan | The Boss |
| 1975 | The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard | Le pochard |
| 1975 | The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan | Inspector Labelote |
| 1974 | Italiques: Roland Topor | Self |
| 1974 | Sweet Movie | |
| 1974 | Threshold of the Void | Homme dans le métro |
| 1972 | Cartoon circus | Self |
| 1966 | Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? | Un émissaire du prince |
| 1965 | He! Viva Dada | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1989 | Marquis | Writer |
| 1986 | La Galette du roi | Writer |
| 1979 | The Hamburg Syndrome | Writer |
| 1975 | The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard | Writer |
| 1975 | The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan | Writer |
| 1975 | The Game | Writer |
| 1973 | Fantastic Planet | Screenplay |
| 1972 | The Troubles of Alfred | Writer |
| 1966 | The Snails | Screenplay |
| 1965 | He! Viva Dada | Writer |
| 1964 | Dead Times | Writer |
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