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Roland Topor

Jan 07, 1938 - Apr 16, 1997 (59 years old) in Paris, France

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

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Nosferatu the Vampyre
Renfield
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Un émissaire du prince
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Swann in Love
Biche
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Sweet Movie
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Three Lives and Only One Death
Bum #2
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The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Inspector Labelote
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The Ones That Got Away
The murderous fencer
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The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
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The Satin Spider
Le médecin
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The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
Le pochard

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