Portrait of Harry Kümel

Directing

Harry Kümel

Career

Active from 1958 to 2003, with a break from 1992 to 2002, busiest in 1969 and 1986 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Daughters of Darkness
Daughters of Darkness
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Harry Kümel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Showbiz
    0.2, average 1.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.6, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • European Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Melancholic 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Literary Adaptation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Europe - 99euro-films 2
Europe - 99euro-films 2 (2003)

Director, Writer

1990s

1 title · average score 62
Eline Vere
Eline Vere (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

1980s

2 titles
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales
The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales (1986)

Director

Het Beest
Het Beest (1982)

as Man op autostrade

1970s

5 titles · average score 64
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (1978)

as Photographer

The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller (1976)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director

My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie
My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie (1975)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer

Malpertuis
Malpertuis (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Daughters of Darkness
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Screenplay

1960s

6 titles · average score 66
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective (1969)

Director, Writer

The White Slave
The White Slave (1969)

Writer

Princess
Princess (1969)

Dialogue

Monsieur Hawarden
Monsieur Hawarden (1968)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

The Warden of the Tomb
The Warden of the Tomb (1965)

Writer, Director

Aether
Aether (1960)

Director, Writer

1950s

1 title
Anna the Maid
Anna the Maid (1958)

as Voice-over introduction