Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 27, 1940
Place of Birth
Antwerp, Belgium
Credits
27 titles
Harry Kümel
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
Filmography
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self
Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
self
Malpertuis Archive
Orson Welles Uncut
Self
Malpertuis Revisited
Europe - 99euro-films 2
Director
Hollywood by Bike
Himself
Eline Vere
Director
Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
Self
Softly from Paris
Director
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales
Director
De droomproducenten
Self
Het Beest
Man op autostrade
Paradise Lost
Photographer
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
Director
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
Writer
Malpertuis
Director
Daughters of Darkness
Director
The White Slave
Writer
Princess
Dialogue
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
Writer
Monsieur Hawarden
Director
The Warden of the Tomb
Director
Aether
Director
Anna the Maid
Voice-over introduction