About
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
Europe - 99euro-films 22003 · Director, Writer
Eline Vere1991 · Director
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales1986 · Director
Paradise Lost1978 · Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller1976 · Director, Writer
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie1975 · Writer
Malpertuis1972 · Director
Daughters of Darkness1971 · Director, Screenplay
The White Slave1969 · Writer
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective1969 · Writer, Director
Princess1969 · Dialogue
Monsieur Hawarden1968 · Director
The Warden of the Tomb1965 · Director, Writer
Aether1960 · Director, Writer
Anna the Maid1958 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer