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.
Roland Topor films playing now in Athens
Roland Topor filmography
Joko
Theatre Play
Portrait of Suzanne
Original Story
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
Original Story
Fantastic Laloux
as Self
Batailles
Theatre Play
L'Hiver sous la table
Author
Topor and Me
as Self (Voice)Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
1997
Three Lives and Only One Death
as Bum #2
Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête
as Maître Bessonet
Topor, Père et Fils
1993
The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World
Story
Marquis
Writer, Art DirectionThe Satin Spider
as Le médecin
La Galette du roi
Writer
Swann in Love
as Biche
The Ones That Got Away
as The murderous fencer
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Renfield
Destins parallèles
1979
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Who is Roland Topor?+
A French artist and writer who co-founded the Panic Movement and was a key contributor to surrealist animation and literature.
What is Roland Topor known for?+
He is known for writing the novel The Tenant, co-writing the animated film Fantastic Planet, and acting in Nosferatu the Vampyre.
What kind of work does Roland Topor make?+
He specialized in macabre, surreal, and transgressive art, film, and literature that challenged conventional norms.
