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Roland Topor(1938-1997)

  • Writer
  • Actor
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Roland Topor
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Roland Topor (1938-1997) was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker. In 1962 he created the Panic Movement (mouvement panique), together with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Fernando Arrabal. Topor wrote the novel "The Tenant" (1964), which was filmed by Roman Polanski as The Tenant (1976) (a remake of the film, Le nouveau locataire (2013), was released in 2013). The book was re-issued with a new introduction by Thomas Ligotti, a selection of short stories by Topor, a representation of Topor's artwork and an essay on the Polanski film version. Topor published several books of drawings, including "Dessins panique" (1965), "Quatre roses pour Lucienne" (1967) and "Toporland" (1975). With filmmaker René Laloux, Topor made "The Dead Times" (1964), Les escargots (1966) and their most famous work, the feature Fantastic Planet (1973).

In 1982 he creates with Henri Xhonneux the popular French TV series Téléchat (1982), a parody of news broadcasts featuring puppets of a cat and an ostrich. Topor also worked as an actor, his most famous part being Renfield in Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979).
BornJanuary 7, 1938
DiedApril 16, 1997(59)
BornJanuary 7, 1938
DiedApril 16, 1997(59)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

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Known for

Fantastic Planet (1973)
Fantastic Planet
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1973
Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
7.4
  • Renfield
  • 1979
Roman Polanski in The Tenant (1976)
The Tenant
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1976
Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979)
Die Hamburger Krankheit
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1979

Credits

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Writer



  • Joko (2024)
    Joko
    5.9
    Short
    • based on a novel by
    • 2024
  • Portrait en Pied de Suzanne (2019)
    Portrait en Pied de Suzanne
    6.5
    Short
    • based on novel by
    • 2019
  • Pauline Helly in Like a Doll (2014)
    Like a Doll
    Short
    • based on monologue by
    • 2014
  • Le nouveau locataire (2013)
    Le nouveau locataire
    • novel
    • 2013
  • Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004)
    Teatr Polskiego Radia
    7.8
    Podcast Series
    • author
    • 2013
  • The Orphan Girl Without an Arm (2011)
    The Orphan Girl Without an Arm
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 2011
  • L'hiver sous la table (2005)
    L'hiver sous la table
    Video
    • play
    • 2005
  • La dame pipi
    5.3
    Short
    • short story "Journal in time"
    • 2000
  • Le bon coin
    Short
    • short story "Four roses for Lucienne"
    • 1998
  • The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World (1992)
    The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World
    5.9
    Short
    • story
    • 1992
  • Marquis (1989)
    Marquis
    6.7
    • written by
    • 1989
  • Palace (1988)
    Palace
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1988–1989
  • La galette du roi (1986)
    La galette du roi
    4.4
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • Batailles (1984)
    Batailles
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1984
  • Merci Bernard (1982)
    Merci Bernard
    6.9
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1982–1984

Actor



  • Marcello Mastroianni in Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
    Three Lives and Only One Death
    6.8
    • Bum #2
    • 1996
  • Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête (1995)
    Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête
    6.3
    Short
    • Maître Bessonet
    • 1995
  • L'Oeil du cyclone (1991)
    L'Oeil du cyclone
    7.1
    TV Series
    • (voice)
    • 1995
  • B comme Bolo (1994)
    B comme Bolo
    TV Movie
    • Le client café (as Topor)
    • 1994
  • Lupo solitario (1987)
    Lupo solitario
    7.5
    TV Series
    • 1987
  • La galette du roi (1986)
    La galette du roi
    4.4
    • Un photographe (uncredited)
    • 1986
  • The Satin Spider (1985)
    The Satin Spider
    5.0
    • Docteur Aubryon
    • 1985
  • Jeremy Irons, Alain Delon, and Ornella Muti in Swann in Love (1984)
    Swann in Love
    6.5
    • Biche
    • 1984
  • Merci Bernard (1982)
    Merci Bernard
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Enzo Tesoro, membre jury Miss Monde
    • Le soldat inconnu
    • Homme intermède ...
    • 1983
  • Michel Aumont, Daniel Ceccaldi, Jacques François, Michel Galabru, and Bernard Menez in Celles qu'on n'a pas eues... (1981)
    Celles qu'on n'a pas eues...
    5.7
    • L'escrimeur meurtrier
    • 1981
  • Juliet Berto in Destins parallèles (1979)
    Destins parallèles
    • 1979
  • Maurizio Nichetti in Ratataplan (1979)
    Ratataplan
    7.0
    • The Boss
    • 1979
  • Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
    Nosferatu the Vampyre
    7.4
    • Renfield
    • 1979
  • La fille du garde-barrière (1975)
    La fille du garde-barrière
    5.8
    • Le pochard
    • 1975
  • Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline (1975)
    Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline
    6.2
    • L'inspecteur Labelote
    • 1975

Art Department



  • Klaus Kinski and Isabelle Illiers in Fruits of Passion (1981)
    Fruits of Passion
    5.3
    • poster artist
    • 1981
  • Casanova (1976)
    Casanova
    7.0
    • magic lantern designer
    • 1976
  • Fantastic Planet (1973)
    Fantastic Planet
    7.6
    • graphic designer
    • 1973
  • Long Live Death (1971)
    Long Live Death
    6.5
    • drawings (as Topor)
    • 1971

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Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre
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Nosferatu the Vampyre

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  • Alternative name
    • Topor
  • Born
    • January 7, 1938
    • Paris, France
  • Died
    • April 16, 1997
    • Paris, France(cerebral hemorrhage)
  • Other works
    Wrote lyrics for singer/composer 'Francois Hadji-Lazaro' on the album "Francois détexte Topor".

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    Father of painter, singer, set decorator and actor Nicolas Topor.

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