Harry Kümel (born 27 January 1940) is a Belgian film director.His
1971 vampire feature Daughters of Darkness (Les lèvres rouges; Fr,
"The Red Lips"), starring Delphine Seyrig became a cult hit in Europe
and the United States. He also directed the film version of Malpertuis
(1971), featuring Orson Welles and adapted from the 1943 novel by Jean
Ray.He also directed Monsieur Hawarden (1969) about the cross-dressing
Meriora Gillibrand whose two male lovers fought a duel in Vienna. She
then killed the survivor and fled to Belgium dressed as a man. She
took the name Hawarden from a family related to hers in Lancashire.
The film is a fictionalised account; her grave can still be seen near
Malmedy in the German-speaking part of Belgium.
1971 vampire feature Daughters of Darkness (Les lèvres rouges; Fr,
"The Red Lips"), starring Delphine Seyrig became a cult hit in Europe
and the United States. He also directed the film version of Malpertuis
(1971), featuring Orson Welles and adapted from the 1943 novel by Jean
Ray.He also directed Monsieur Hawarden (1969) about the cross-dressing
Meriora Gillibrand whose two male lovers fought a duel in Vienna. She
then killed the survivor and fled to Belgium dressed as a man. She
took the name Hawarden from a family related to hers in Lancashire.
The film is a fictionalised account; her grave can still be seen near
Malmedy in the German-speaking part of Belgium.
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