Roland Topor
Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as RenfieldJonathan Harker, a real estate agent, goes to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula...
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Sweet Movie
as uncreditedThe winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and...
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Swann in Love
as BicheIn early 20th century, Charles Swann, a young and wealthy dandy, spends most of his time hanging...
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
as Un émissaire du princeIn this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born...
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Ratataplan
as Il bossMisadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for...
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The Ones That Got Away
as The murderous fencerIn a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in...
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Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)40 years of "Apostrophes". Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an...
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Fantastic Laloux
as SelfA short documentary about the life of director and artist René Laloux, featuring an interview...
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The Making of 'Nosferatu'
as SelfWerner Herzog discusses the making of "Nosferatu" on set.
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Threshold of the Void
as Homme dans le métroThe young artist Wanda Leibovitz comes to Paris, hoping to forget unfortunate love. Soon after...
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Topor and Me
as Self (Voice)Animated short by actress Sylvia Kristel about the art scene in Paris during the start of her...
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The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Inspector LabeloteA butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
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The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
as Le pochardBased on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very...
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The Satin Spider
as Le médecinThe setting is Les Fauvettes School for Girls just after WWI, where sternly Teutonic...
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He! Viva Dada
as SelfReport from the second free expression festival organized at the American Cultural Center,...
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Italiques: Roland Topor
as SelfRoger Boussinot directed this episode of the French television show Italiques, which features an...
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Apostrophes
as SelfApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...
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