Harry Kümel

Harry Kümel

Born: January 27, 1940
in 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).

Movies for Harry Kümel...

Tales of the Uncanny
Title: Tales of the Uncanny
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
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Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
Title: Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
Character: himself
Released: April 9, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Title: Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 2012
Type: Movie
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.
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Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
Title: Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
Character: self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Director Harry Kümel and writer Pierre Drouot revisit the locations from their classic movie Daughters of Darkness.
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Hollywood by Bike
Title: Hollywood by Bike
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.
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Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
Title: Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A documentary celebrating 25 years of flemish subsidised cinema.
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De droomproducenten
Title: De droomproducenten
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.
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Het Beest
Title: Het Beest
Character: Man op autostrade
Released: April 8, 1982
Type: Movie
When he finds out that his company has expropriated his own mother, a successful young manager gets deeply upset. Money and power now have a different meaning. He needs to struggle against his own self and stake everything in order to reorganize true values in his life. His career is at stake. When his mother dies in the pension she's been put, his point of limit is reached. He feels responsible and takes revenge through terrorist actions. The beast explodes.
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Paradise Lost
Title: Paradise Lost
Character: Photographer
Released: August 31, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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Anna the Maid
Title: Anna the Maid
Character: Voice-over introduction
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Short film by Harry Kümel based upon a poem by Jean Cocteau.