Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Le Gentil (born November 3, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , † December 15, 2010 in Paris ) was a French director and screenwriter . He is known for a number of surrealistic vampire films that started his career. His productions often contain an erotic component, often naked women can be seen, so that in the 1970s he was quickly reduced to the cliché of "sex vampire films". His works include the first French vampire film ( The Rape of the Vampire / Le Viol du vampire ) and the first French gore film ( Torture mill of the captured women / Les raisins de la mort).
Life
Rollin was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1938 as the son of a theater director; so he came into contact with the French boulevard and operetta theater early on. The writer and philosopher Georges Bataille was one of his family's friends . From a young age, Rollin was enthusiastic about literature, American low-budget films and French expressionism . He made hardcore films under various pseudonyms , including Michel Gentil .
Filmography
- 1968: The Rape of the Vampire (Le Viol du Vampire)
- 1969: The Naked Vampires (La Vampire Nue)
- 1970: Sexual terror of the unleashed vampires (Le Frisson des Vampires)
- 1971: The Vampire's Torture Chamber (Requiem pour un Vampire)
- 1972: The Iron Rose (La Rose de Fer)
- 1973: Servants of Satan (Les Demoniaques)
- 1974: Lips of Blood (Lèvres de Sang)
- 1975: Phantasmes
- 1978: Torture mill of the captured women (Les Raisins de la Mort)
- 1979: Fascination
- 1980: The night of the hunted (La Nuit des Traquées)
- 1980: Swamp of the Living Dead (Le Lac des Morts-Vivants)
- 1981: The Runaways (Les Echappees)
- 1982: Lady Dracula (La Morte Vivante)
- 1983: Les trottoirs de Bangkok
- 1988: Emmanuelle 6
- 1991: Perdue in New York
- 1993: La Femme Dangereuse
- 1995: Les Deux Orphelines Vampires
- 2000: Dracula's Bride (La Fiancée de Dracula)
- 2007: The Night of the Clocks (La Nuit des horloges)
literature
- –MAERZ– (Axel Estein): Jean Rollin - Permabeben in the skeleton. In: Splatting Immage. No. 5, March 1990.
- –MAERZ– (Axel Estein): Jean Rollin - Milking the scab of the volcanoes. In: Splatting Immage. No. 6, March 1991.
- Peter Blumenstock: Interview with Jean Rollin. In: Video Watchdog. 31, 1995.
- Cathal Tohill, Pete Tombs: Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956–1984. St. Martin's Griffin edition, 1995, ISBN 0-312-13519-X .
Web links
- Jean Rollin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jean Rollin on shockingimages.com
- Vampires have to be naked (Hans Schmid / Telepolis) on heise.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rollin, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rollin Le Gentil, Jean Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuilly-sur-Seine |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2010 |
| Place of death | Paris |