Roland Topor
An image from The Hamburg Syndrome, one of the productions that also features Roland Topor.
Roland Topor

Roland Topor

January 7, 1938 — 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.

The Tenant

The Tenant

1976

Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet

1973

The Snails

The Snails

1966

The Troubles of Alfred

The Troubles of Alfred

1972

Marquis

Marquis

1989

Dead Times

Dead Times

1964

The Hamburg Syndrome

The Hamburg Syndrome

1979

La Galette du roi

La Galette du roi

1986