Director
Harry Kümel
January 27, 1940 · 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).
Often works with
Dora van der Groen
3 titles together
Malpertuis, The Arrival of Joachim Stiller, Monsieur Hawarden
Willeke van Ammelrooy
3 titles together
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie, The Arrival of Joachim Stiller, Paradise Lost
Bert André
3 titles together
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller, Paradise Lost, Het Beest
Mathieu Carrière
2 titles together
Malpertuis, Malpertuis Archive
Charles Janssens
2 titles together
Malpertuis, The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
Nelly Frijda
2 titles together
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie, Eline Vere
Full filmography · 15
Malpertuis Archive
cast
2005Malpertuis Revisited
cast
2005
Europe - 99euro-films 2
Director and Writer
2003
Eline Vere
Director
1991
Het Beest
as Man op autostrade
1982
Paradise Lost
as Photographer and Director
1978
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
Writer and Director
1976
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
Writer
1975
Malpertuis
Director
19726.4
Daughters of Darkness
Director
19716.2
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
Writer and Director
1969
Monsieur Hawarden
Director
1968