Personal Info
Roland Topor
Writing
Biography
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
Filmography
Movies
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)
Fantastic Laloux
as Self
Topor and Me
as Self (Voice)
Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
Three Lives and Only One Death
as Bum #2
Comment devenir cinéaste sans se prendre la tête
as Maître Bessonet
Topor, Père et Fils
The Satin Spider
as Le médecin
Swann in Love
as Biche
The Ones That Got Away
as The murderous fencer
