Roland Topor
Known for: Writing
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.
Filmography
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Series
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
1987
Film
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Renfield
1979
The Satin Spider
Le médecin
1986
Film
Swann in Love
Biche
1984
Film
Sweet Movie
1974
Film
Destins parallèles
1979
Film
Cartoon circus
Self
1972
Film
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
1979
Film
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Un émissaire du prince
1966
Film
Three Lives and Only One Death
Bum #2
1996
Film
Ratataplan
The Boss
1979
Film
The Ones That Got Away
The murderous fencer
1981
Film
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
2015
Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
1997
Film
Threshold of the Void
Homme dans le métro
1974
Film
Fantastic Laloux
Self
2010
Film
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Inspector Labelote
1975
Film
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
Le pochard
1975
Film
He! Viva Dada
Self
1965
Film
Topor and Me
Self (Voice)
2004
Film
Italiques: Roland Topor
Self
1974
Film
Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête
Maître Bessonet
1995
Film
Topor, Père et Fils
1993