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Harry Kümel

Harry Kümel

Directing

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

Softly from Paris
5.6

An anthology of erotic stories by famous writers like Guy de Maupassant, Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Marquis de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marquis de Foudras, Daniel Defoe, Anton Tchekov, Jin Ping Mei, and Aristophanes.

Softly from Paris

1986
Daughters of Darkness
6.2

Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the mysterious Countess Báthory and Ilona, her secretary.

Daughters of Darkness

1971
Malpertuis
6.4

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

Malpertuis

1972
Tales of the Uncanny
7.0

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

Tales of the Uncanny

2020
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
7.4

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss embarks on a chilling journey through European horror cinema, from the silent nightmares of German Expressionism in the 1920s to the Belgian lesbian vampires in the 1970s, from the black-gloved killers of Italian bloody giallo cinema to the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War, and finally reveals how Europe's turbulent 20th century forged its ground-breaking horror tradition.

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

2012
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
6.5

The feature-length documentary "Forgotten Scares" goes back to the birth of Flemish horror in the '70s and shines a bright light on the future of horror in Belgium. The viewer gets a chance to discover long forgotten - and even unfinished - genre gems and learn in-depth info about underrated 'splatter and gore'-fests, post-apocalyptic movies, slasher-films, nazisploitation, women-in-prison and other fantastical Flemish genre benders through the eyes of the directors, producers, composers, principal actors and genre experts. "Forgotten Scares" is illustrated by rare behind the scene footage, classic film scenes, production stills, promotional art and even never before seen videos out of the vaults of the filmmakers.

Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema

2017
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales
5.6

Three erotic stories from classic writers Marguerite de Navarre, Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne and Guy de Maupassant.

The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales

1986
Eline Vere
6.5

This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three tumultuous and ultimately disastrous courtships. Adaptation of Louis Couperus' novel Eline Vere.

Eline Vere

1991
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
4.6

Susan has chosen a hermit's life on a dilapidated farm over the shallowness of her previous jet set modeling life. When Anton, a hunky courier, comes along to pick her up for an assignment on the French Riviera, he's so fascinated by Susan's odd assortment of house guests that he decides to stay with them for a couple of days.

My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie

1975
De droomproducenten
10.0

Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.

De droomproducenten

1984
Europe - 99euro-films 2
4.0

Second part of a short film project, where every single short film is only allowed to cost 99 Euros. This time there are not only German filmmakers, but directors from all over Europe involved...

Europe - 99euro-films 2

2003
The White Slave
4.3

A man visits his girlfriend in Amsterdam after the war. He soon finds himself, for inexplicable reasons, in a country house where two women as 'white slaves' have to learn all kinds of erotic skills, and where a private detective, who has sold his own wife to an Arab in Tangier, comes to investigate.

The White Slave

1969
Monsieur Hawarden
6.4

A woman disguises herself as a man to avoid prosecution for murdering her lover fifteen years ago. She is the last living member of a wealthy Vienna family, and has spent the years after the murder traveling Europe with her female servant. Her travels provide her with an anonymous cloak that allows her freedom of movement but little peace of mind. Nearing middle age, the guilt and weariness of an empty life has her contemplating suicide as the only way out of her dilemma.

Monsieur Hawarden

1968
Princess
5.3

Princess is the title of a photo novel which will be written by Walter and photographed by Mark. A story of sex and violence which has great success. But Mark falls so much in love with his model that he can't tell her apart from Princess...

Princess

1969
The Warden of the Tomb
6.8

An nobleman question an aged grave warden, whose sickness seems to be due to the ghosts who haunt his workplace.

The Warden of the Tomb

1965
Anna the Maid
N/A

Short film by Harry Kümel based upon a poem by Jean Cocteau.

Anna the Maid

1958
Paradise Lost
4.7

The Mayor of a small Flemish town is determined at all costs to save a unique bird sanctuary from a ruthless businessman who advocates a housing development on the site. The main story, though, centres on a childhood trauma that unites the two men and a dark femme fatale whom one desires and the other attempts to manipulate.

Paradise Lost

1978
Hollywood by Bike
7.0

Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.

Hollywood by Bike

1993
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
9.0

An interview with film director Josef von Sternberg, produced for Belgium television.

Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective

1969
Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
7.0

A documentary celebrating 25 years of flemish subsidised cinema.

Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

1990