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.
| Known For | Writing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.821 |
| Birthday | 1938-01-07 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As |
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
7.31/802
Jonathan Harker, a real estate agent, goes to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar. O...
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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Ratataplan
6.8/24
Misadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for a job, and just for this reason he isn't hired. So he...
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Ratataplan
1986
The Satin Spider
1/1
The setting is Les Fauvettes School for Girls just after WWI, where sternly Teutonic headmistress Ingrid Caven vies with Catherine Jourdan, a morphine...
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The Satin Spider
1975
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
0/0
Based on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very curious completely silent melodrama tells the story of Mona...
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The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
1979
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
6.3/3
Werner Herzog discusses the making of "Nosferatu" on set.
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The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1974
Threshold of the Void
7.3/3
The young artist Wanda Leibovitz comes to Paris, hoping to forget unfortunate love. Soon after arrival directly at the station Wanda meets the mysteri...
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Threshold of the Void
1997
Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
0/0
A brief meeting with the writer and playwright Roland Topor in his studio.
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Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
1974
Sweet Movie
5.3/120
The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.
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Sweet Movie
1965
He! Viva Dada
0/0
Report from the second free expression festival organized at the American Cultural Center, Boulevard Raspail, in May 1965. The shows, all happenings...
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He! Viva Dada
2015
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
6/1
40 years of "Apostrophes". Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a p...
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Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
1966
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
6.4/33
In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows...
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
2010
Fantastic Laloux
5.1/7
A short documentary about the life of director and artist René Laloux, featuring an interview with Laloux from 2001.
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Fantastic Laloux
2004
Topor and Me
4/1
Animated short by actress Sylvia Kristel about the art scene in Paris during the start of her French career playing Emmanuelle. She reminisces about R...
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Topor and Me
1972
Cartoon circus
5/2
Feature film.
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Cartoon circus
1981
The Ones That Got Away
4.6/8
In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one.
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The Ones That Got Away
1979
Destins parallèles
0/0
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Destins parallèles
1974
Italiques: Roland Topor
0/0
Roger Boussinot directed this episode of the French television show Italiques, which features an overview of the art and career of Fantastic Planet il...
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Italiques: Roland Topor
1984
Swann in Love
5.7/36
In early 20th century, Charles Swann, a young and wealthy dandy, spends most of his time hanging out with the old nobility, notably the Duke and Duche...
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Swann in Love
1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
0/0
A butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
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