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Harry Kümel

Harry Kümel

Born: 1940-01-27 • 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 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).

Filmography
Tales of the Uncanny poster
Tales of the Uncanny
2020 • Self
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema poster
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
2017 • Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss poster
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012 • Self
Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness poster
Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
2006 • self
Malpertuis Archive poster
Malpertuis Archive
2005
Malpertuis Revisited poster
Malpertuis Revisited
2005
Orson Welles Uncut poster
Orson Welles Uncut
2005 • Self
Hollywood by Bike poster
Hollywood by Bike
1993 • Himself
Janssen & Janssens draaien een film poster
Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
1990 • Self
No Image
De droomproducenten
1984 • Self
Het Beest poster
Het Beest
1982 • Man op autostrade
Paradise Lost poster
Paradise Lost
1978 • Photographer
Anna the Maid poster
Anna the Maid
1958 • Voice-over introduction