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- | '''Jean Michel Rollin Le Gentil''' (born [[November 3]], [[1938]] in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[Paris]], [[France]]) is a [[French people|French]] [[filmmaker]], [[actor]], and [[author]] best known for his films in the [[fantastique]] genre. He is the son of [[Denise Rollin-Le Gentil]] and is credited as having made the first French vampire film (''Le Viol du vampire'', 1968) as well as the first French [[gore film]] (''Le Raisins de la mort'', 1978). He is also one of the early pioneers of French [[X-rated]] cinema. | ||
- | Influenced by traditional French and [[German expressionist]] cinema, classic [[American horror]], early [[serial film|serial]]s, comics, [[fantastic literature]] and [[surrealist]] art, Rollin's [[fantastique]] films have been rightfully compared to a sort of visual poetry, juxtaposing the [[macabre]] with the [[sensual]] and the [[beautiful]] with the [[bizarre]]. His poetic images are often accompanied by minimal dialogue and simple but haunting musical scores, and the pacing is generally slow and deliberate. All of these qualities contribute to an atmosphere which is commonly described as surreal and [[dream art|dream-like.]] | + | '''Jean Michel Rollin Le Gentil''' (3 November 1938 - 15 December 2010) was a [[French film director]], [[actor]], and [[novelist]] best known for his films in the [[fantastique]] [[genre]] such as the [[vampire film]] ''[[Le Viol du Vampire]]'' (1968) and the first [[French film|French]] [[gore film]] (''[[Les Raisins de la Mort]]'', 1978). He was the son of [[Denise Rollin-Le Gentil]] and is one of the early pioneers of [[French X-rated cinema]]. Jean Rollin was part of the coterie of [[Eric Losfeld]], he frequently collaborated with [[Jean-Pierre Bouyxou]], editor in chief of French magazines ''[[Fascination (magazine)|Fascination]]'' and ''[[Sex Stars System]]''. |
+ | ==Style== | ||
+ | Influenced by traditional French and [[German expressionist]] cinema, classic [[American horror]], early [[serial film|serial]]s, comics, [[fantastic literature]] and [[surrealist]] art, Rollin's [[fantastique]] films have been rightfully compared to a sort of visual poetry, juxtaposing the [[macabre]] with the [[sensual]] and the [[beautiful]] with the [[bizarre]]. His poetic images are often accompanied by minimal dialogue and simple but haunting musical scores, and the pacing is generally slow and deliberate. All of these qualities contribute to an atmosphere which is commonly described as surreal and [[dream art|dream-like.]] | ||
+ | ==Production value== | ||
Despite the limited budget of his productions, Rollin has been able to film in some spectacular locations: a rocky beach at [[Dieppe, Seine-Maritime]], grand castles (''châteaux''), rolling countrysides, and cemeteries thick with [[gothic art|gothic]] atmosphere. Like [[F.W. Murnau]] before him, Rollin typically employs the conventions of the [[horror (genre)|horror]] genre, especially [[vampire]]s, as a framing device for his unusual images. As a result, plot, dialogue, and narrative tend to be secondary to the visual art for which his films are known. | Despite the limited budget of his productions, Rollin has been able to film in some spectacular locations: a rocky beach at [[Dieppe, Seine-Maritime]], grand castles (''châteaux''), rolling countrysides, and cemeteries thick with [[gothic art|gothic]] atmosphere. Like [[F.W. Murnau]] before him, Rollin typically employs the conventions of the [[horror (genre)|horror]] genre, especially [[vampire]]s, as a framing device for his unusual images. As a result, plot, dialogue, and narrative tend to be secondary to the visual art for which his films are known. | ||
- | + | ==Reception== | |
In the beginning, Rollin's films were generally not well received by his audience or critics. His first feature, ''Le viol du vampire'', caused such a scandal that audiences booed, shouted, and threw trash at the screen. The reaction to the film was so hostile that Rollin considered quitting the film business. His next few films also failed to generate much praise. Harsh French film critics coined the derogatory term "Rollinade" (forged on ''[[Battle of Berezina|Bérézinade]]'') to describe his particular style of cinema, which they felt was cheap, amateurish, and nonsensical. Later on, fans would embrace the term and use it proudly. | In the beginning, Rollin's films were generally not well received by his audience or critics. His first feature, ''Le viol du vampire'', caused such a scandal that audiences booed, shouted, and threw trash at the screen. The reaction to the film was so hostile that Rollin considered quitting the film business. His next few films also failed to generate much praise. Harsh French film critics coined the derogatory term "Rollinade" (forged on ''[[Battle of Berezina|Bérézinade]]'') to describe his particular style of cinema, which they felt was cheap, amateurish, and nonsensical. Later on, fans would embrace the term and use it proudly. | ||
+ | With most of his films now available on [[DVD]] worldwide, Rollin has gained a new generation of fans, as well as attracting further critical and academic attention. He currently resides in Paris and is working on his last film, ''La Nuit transfigurée''. | ||
+ | ==Adult films== | ||
While Rollin's peculiar combination of high-art and [[erotic horror]] camp failed to generate much financial or critical success, his ability to incorporate eroticism into his films earned him steady work as a director of adult films during the early years of French X-rated cinema. Rollin (under various pseudonyms such as ''Michel Gentil, Michel Gand,'' and ''Robert Xavier'') directed a number of adult features from 1973 to the late 1980's, ranging from light-hearted [[softcore]]/comedy hybrids to [[hardcore pornography]]. 1975's ''Phantasmes'' was Rollin's attempt at making an X-rated feature with a real story and decent actors, but the average viewer was not interested in such a thing. At the request of his producers, Rollin also made X-rated versions of some of his serious films (''Lèvres de sang; La Nuit des traquées'') to help fund the productions. | While Rollin's peculiar combination of high-art and [[erotic horror]] camp failed to generate much financial or critical success, his ability to incorporate eroticism into his films earned him steady work as a director of adult films during the early years of French X-rated cinema. Rollin (under various pseudonyms such as ''Michel Gentil, Michel Gand,'' and ''Robert Xavier'') directed a number of adult features from 1973 to the late 1980's, ranging from light-hearted [[softcore]]/comedy hybrids to [[hardcore pornography]]. 1975's ''Phantasmes'' was Rollin's attempt at making an X-rated feature with a real story and decent actors, but the average viewer was not interested in such a thing. At the request of his producers, Rollin also made X-rated versions of some of his serious films (''Lèvres de sang; La Nuit des traquées'') to help fund the productions. | ||
- | While making ''Vibrations sensuelles'', Rollin saw acting potential in French adult star [[Brigitte Lahaie]] and wanted her to act in his next horror film, 1978's ''Les Raisins de la mort''. Lahaie was perfect for the role and she began a working relationship with Rollin that continues to this day. Lahaie's leading role in 1979's ''Fascination'' helped the film garner widespread acclaim, even among critics who had ridiculed Rollin's earlier films. | + | While making ''Vibrations sensuelles'', Rollin saw acting potential in French adult star [[Brigitte Lahaie]] and wanted her to act in his next horror film, 1978's ''Les Raisins de la mort''. Lahaie was perfect for the role and she began a working relationship with Rollin that continued throughout his career. Lahaie's leading role in 1979's ''[[Fascination (film)|Fascination]]'' helped the film garner widespread acclaim, even among critics who had ridiculed Rollin's earlier films. |
- | Jean Rollin frequently collaborated with [[Jean-Pierre Bouyxou]], editor in chief of French magazines ''Fascination'' and ''Sex Stars System''. | + | ==Early life== |
+ | Jean Rollin was born in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[France]] to artistically inclined family, his father was an actor and theatre director, inspiring both he and his brother, Olivier to pursue a career in show business. Jean saw his very first film when he was about five-years old, it was a 1942 film called ''Capitaine Fracesse'', out in the country during the second world war and it made a profound impression on him. He particularly remembered the storm sequence, he had never seen anything so fascinating and magical; it simply changed his life forever, after that he decided he wanted to make films and with his father an actor in theatre this had a heavy influence on him. Rollin's parents were separated so he didn't live with his father, but once in a while he went to the theatre and watched him perform on stage. When he was 15 his mother gave him a typewriter and it was an important moment for him; that's when everything started, he began to write little screenplays and stories, heavily influenced by the films he saw. When he was a schoolboy, he and his friends frequently went to the movies. When he was about 13 or 14 he became obsessed with American Serials. When he was about 16, he found a job at ''Le Films des Saturne''. | ||
- | With most of his films now available on [[DVD]] worldwide, Rollin has gained a new generation of fans, as well as attracting further critical and academic attention. He currently resides in Paris and is working on his last film, ''La Nuit transfigurée''. | + | He just helped out there, writing invoices because he wanted to earn some money and he wanted to do something connected with cinema. The specialized in creating opening and closing credits and little cartoons, but they also shot real films. One day they were assigned to make a documentary about ''Snecma'', a big factory in France which built motors and airplanes and Jean was part of the crew, it was his first time on a real movie set, he did everything, he arranged the travelling shots, laid the tracks, checked the electricity and helped the cameraman. Rollin also worked as an editor in the [[French Army]] with [[Claude Lelouch]] in the cinema department making army commercials, Claude directed and Jean did the Montage, they did two films, one was a documentary about the mechanographic service called ''Mechanographie'' and the other was a real film running at 1 hour called ''La Guerre de Silence'' (''The War of Silence''). |
+ | |||
+ | ==Le Viol du Vampire== | ||
+ | With the release of ''[[Le Viol du Vampire]]'' on 27 May 1968 the May Revolution raged through the streets of [[Paris]], the police even stormed a cinema where the film was shown, a huge riot broke out between filmgoers and the police. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Death== | ||
+ | Rollin died in December 2010 after a long illness. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Filmography== | ||
+ | ===Director=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1958 | ||
+ | |''Les Amours Jaunes'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Yellow Love'', ''The Yellow Lovers'' (short) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1961 | ||
+ | |''Ciel de Cuivre'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Copper Sky'', ''Sky of Copper'' (short) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1962 | ||
+ | |''Cheval pour Deux'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''A Horse for Two'' (short) (Assistant Director) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1963 | ||
+ | |''L'itinéraire Marin'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Sea Journey'' (screenplay only) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1965 | ||
+ | |''Le Pays Loin'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Distant Lands'', ''The Far Country'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1965 | ||
+ | |''Vivre en Espagne'' | ||
+ | | Other title - ''Life in Spain'' (short documentary) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1968 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Viol du Vampire]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Rape of the Vampire'', ''Queen of the Vampires'', ''Vampire Woman'', ''La Reine des Vampires'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1969 | ||
+ | |''[[La Vampire Nue]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Nude Vampire'', ''The Naked Vampire'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1970 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Frisson des Vampires]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Shiver of the Vampires'', ''Sex and Vampires'', ''Strange Things Happen at Night'', ''The Terror of the Vampires'', ''Thrill of the Vampires'', ''Vampire Thrills | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1971 | ||
+ | |''[[Requiem pour un Vampire]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Requiem for a Vampire'', ''Vierges et Vampires'', ''Caged Virgins'', ''The Crazed Vampire'', ''Crazed Virgins'', ''Dungeon of Terror'', ''Sex and the Vampires'', ''Virgins and Vampires'', ''Virgins and the Vampires'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1972 | ||
+ | |''[[La Rose de Fer]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Rose of Iron'', ''The Iron Rose'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1973 | ||
+ | |''Among the Living Dead | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Christina, Princesse de l'exorcisme'', ''Virgin Among The Living Dead'', ''Christine, a Princess of Exorcism'', ''Zombi 4: A Virgin Among the Living Dead'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1973 | ||
+ | |''Jeunes Filles Impudiques'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Shameless Young Schoolgirls'', ''School Girl Hitchhikers''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1973 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Demoniaques|Les Démoniaques]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Demoniacs'', ''Curse of the Living Dead'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |''Tout le Monde il en a Deux'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Bacchanales Sexuelles'', ''Fly Me the French Way''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |[[Lévres de Sang]] | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Lips of Blood'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |Suce-Moi Vampire | ||
+ | |Hard core Version of ''Lévres de Sang''; Other titles - ''Suck Me Vampire'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1975 | ||
+ | |''Phantasmes'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Phantasmes Pornographiques'', ''Phantasmes d'Isabelle'', ''The Seduction of Amy'', ''Once Upon a Virgin'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1975 | ||
+ | |''Douces Pénetrations'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Sweet Penetrations'', ''Gode Story''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''Amours Collectives'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Love Story''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''La Comtesse Lxe'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Sueurs Chaudes''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''Hard Pénétrations'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Jouissances et Soumission'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''Vibrations Sexuelles'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Sexual Vibrations'', ''Vibrazoni'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''Apothéose Porno'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Climatic Porno'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |''Saute-Moi Dessus'' | ||
+ | | Also editor and cinematographer | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |''Lévres Entrouvertes'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Parted Lips'', ''Lévres Entrouvertes pour Sexes Chauds'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |''Positions Danoises'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Danish Positions'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |''Discosex'' | ||
+ | | Sound engineer | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''Hyperpénétrations'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Par Devant Par Derriere''; Credited as Robert Xavier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''Petites Pensionnaires Impudiques'' | ||
+ | |Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''Remplissez-Moi... Les 3 Trous'' | ||
+ | |Credited as Robert Xavier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''Les Trois Trous'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Raisins de la Mort]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Grapes of Death'', ''Pestizide'', ''Pesticide'', ''The Raisins of Death'', ''Foltermühle der Gefangenen Frauen'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''[[Fascination (1979 film)|Fascination]]'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Pénétrations Vicieuses'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Vicious Penetrations'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Introductions Perverses'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Perverse Introductions'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Gamines en Chaleur'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Si Jeune et Déjà Cochonne'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Bouches Lascives et Pornos'' | ||
+ | |Re-edit of ''Lévres Entrouvertes'' and ''La Comtesse Lxe'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''[[La Nuit des Traquees|La Nuit des Traquées]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Night of the Hunted'', ''Night of the Cruel Sacrifice'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Les Filles Traquées'' | ||
+ | |Porn Version of ''La Nuit des Traquées'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1980 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Lac des Morts Vivants]] | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Zombie Lake'', ''Zombies Lake'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1981 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Paumées du Petit Matin]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Escapées'', ''Fugues Mineures'', ''The Runaways'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1982 | ||
+ | |''[[La Morte Vivante]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Living Dead Girl'', ''Lady Dracula'', ''Queen Zombie'', ''Scare: Dead or Alive'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1982 | ||
+ | |''Rêves de Sexes'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Quand le Chat''; Credited as Robert Xavier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1983 | ||
+ | |''Folies Anales'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Anal Madness''; Credited as Robert Xavier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1983 | ||
+ | |''Sodomanie'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Sodomania'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1984 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Trottoirs de Bangkok]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Sidewalks of Bangkok'', ''Streetwalkers of Bangkok'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1985 | ||
+ | |''Ne Prends pas les Poulets pour des Pigeons'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Chickens pretending to be Pigeons'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1989 | ||
+ | |''[[Killing Car]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Femme Dangereuse'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1989 | ||
+ | |''[[Perdues dans New York]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Lost in New York'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1991 | ||
+ | |''Á la Prostitute de Barbara'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1994 | ||
+ | |''Le Parfum de Mathilde'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Scent of Mathilda'', ''The Scent of Mathilde'' (script only) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1997 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Deux Orphelines Vampires]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Two Orphan Vampires'', ''The Two Vampire Orphans'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1999 | ||
+ | |''[[La Fiancée de Dracula]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Fiancee of Dracula'', ''The Brides of Dracula'', ''Dracula's Fiancee'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2007 | ||
+ | |''[[La Nuit des Horloges]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Night of the Clocks'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2010 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Masque de la Méduse]]'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Writer=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1963 | ||
+ | |''L'itinéraire Marin'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Sea Journey'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1965 | ||
+ | |''Le Pays Loin'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Distant Lands'', ''The Far Country'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1968 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Viol du Vampire]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Rape of the Vampire'', ''Queen of the Vampires'', ''Vampire Woman'', ''La Reine des Vampires'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1969 | ||
+ | |''[[La Vampire Nue]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Nude Vampire'', ''The Naked Vampire'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1970 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Frisson des Vampires]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Shiver of the Vampires'', ''Sex and Vampires'', ''Strange Things Happen at Night'', ''The Terror of the Vampires, ''Thrill of the Vampires'', ''Vampire Thrills'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1971 | ||
+ | |''[[Requiem pour un Vampire]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Requiem for a Vampire'', ''Vierges et Vampires'', ''Caged Virgins'', ''The Crazed Vampire'', ''Crazed Virgins'', ''Sex and the Vampires'', ''Virgins and Vampires'', ''Virgins and the Vampires'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1972 | ||
+ | |''[[La Rose de Fer]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Rose of Iron'', ''The Iron Rose'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1973 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Demoniaques]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Demoniaques'', ''Curse of the Living Dead'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |Tout le Monde il en a deux | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Bacchanales Sexuelles'', ''Fly me the French Way''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |''[[Lévres de Sang]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - '' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |''Phantasmes'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Phantasmes Pornographiques'', ''Phantasmes D'isabelle'', ''The Seduction of Amy, ''Once Upon a Virgin'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1975 | ||
+ | |''Douches Pénétrations'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Sweet Penetrations'', ''Gode Story''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''Amours Collectives'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Love Story''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''Hard Pénétrations'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Joussances et Soumission'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |Saute-Moi Dessus | ||
+ | |Also Editor and Cinematographer | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |Discosex | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Raisins de la Mort]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Grapes of Death'', ''Pestizide'', ''Pesticide'', ''The Raisins of Death'', ''Foltermühle der Gefangenen Frauen'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Mondo Cannibale'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Cannibals'', ''Barbarian Goddess'', 'White Cannnibal Queen'' Uncredited | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''[[Fascination (1979 film)|Fascination]]'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''[[La Nuit des Traquees]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Night of the Hunted'', ''Night of the Cruel Sacrifice'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1981 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Paumées du Petit Matin]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Escapées'', ''Fuges Mineures'', ''The Runaways'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1982 | ||
+ | |''[[La Morte Vivante]] | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Living Dead Girl'', ''Lady Dracula'', ''Queen Zombie'', Scare: Dead or Alive'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1983 | ||
+ | |''Sodomaine'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Sodomania'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1988 | ||
+ | |''Emanuelle 6'' | ||
+ | |(Script only), Uncredited | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1989 | ||
+ | |''[[Perdues dans New York]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Lost in New York'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1994 | ||
+ | |''Le Parfum de Mathilde'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Scent of Mathilda'', ''The Scent of Mathilde'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1997 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Deux Orphlines Vampires]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Two Orphan Vampires'', ''The Two Vampire Orphans'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1999 | ||
+ | |''[[La Fiancée de Dracula]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Fiancee of Dracula'', ''The Brides of Dracula'', ''Dracula's Fiancee'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2007 | ||
+ | |''[[La Nuit des Horloges]]'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Night of the Clocks'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2010 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Masque de la Méduse]]'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Producer=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95% | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1966 | ||
+ | |''Tristesse des Anthropophages'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1967 | ||
+ | |''Faire Quelque Chose'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1968 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Viol du Vampire]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles- ''The Rape of the Vampire'', ''The Queen of the Vampires'', ''Vampire Woman'', ''La Reine des Vampires'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1970 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Frisson des Vampires]]'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Shiver of the Vampires'', ''Sex and Vampires'', ''Strange Things Happen at Night'', ''The Terror of the Vampires'', ''The Thrill of the Vampires'', ''Vampire Thrills'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |''Tout le Monde il en a Deux'' | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Bacchanales Sexuelles'', ''Fly Me the French Way''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Jeux D'Adultes pour Gamines Expertes'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1980 | ||
+ | |''Minouche, Fillette Insatiable'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Unlimited Girls'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1991 | ||
+ | |''Et le Temps S'En Va...'' | ||
+ | |(Exclusive Producer) | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Actor=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Role | ||
+ | ! Style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1956 | ||
+ | |''Crime et Châtiment'' | ||
+ | |Le Prêtre Chantant | ||
+ | |Uncredited; Other title - ''Crime and Punishment'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1966 | ||
+ | |''Tristesse des Anthropophages'' | ||
+ | |Un Client du Restaurant Scatophage'' | ||
+ | |Uncredited | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1968 | ||
+ | |La Femme-Bourreau | ||
+ | |Un Flic | ||
+ | |Uncredited | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1968 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Viol du Vampire]]'' | ||
+ | |Villager | ||
+ | |Uncredited; Other title - ''The Rape of the Vampire'', ''The Queen of the Vampires'', ''Vampire Woman'', ''La Reine des Vampires'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1972 | ||
+ | |''[[La Rose de Fer]]'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Uncredited; Other title - ''Rose of Iron'', ''The Iron Rose'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1973 | ||
+ | |''Le Sourire Vertical'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Vertical Smile'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |''Phantasmes'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Phantasmes Pornographiques'', ''Phantasmes D'Isabelle'', ''The Seduction of Amy'', ''Once Upon a Virgin'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |''[[Lévres de Sang]]'' | ||
+ | |Le Gardien du Cimetière | ||
+ | |Uncredited; Other titles - ''Lips of Blood'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1975 | ||
+ | |''Douches Pénétrations'' | ||
+ | |Le Chef Cuisinier | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Sweet Penetrations'', ''Gode Story''; Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1976 | ||
+ | |''Amours Collectives'' | ||
+ | |Mike Gentle the Vampire | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Love Story''; Credited as Michel Gentil, (Scenes deleted) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1977 | ||
+ | |''Discosex'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''Hyperpénétrations'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Other title - ''Par Devant Par Derriere''; Credited as Robert Xavier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''Remplissez-Moi...Les 3 Tours'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Credited as Robert Xavier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |Lèvres Gloutonnes'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1978 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Raisins de la Mort]]'' | ||
+ | |Worker at the Vinyard | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''The Grapes of Death'', ''Pestizide'', ''Pesticide'', ''The Raisins of Death'', ''Foltermühle der Gefangenen Frauen'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1979 | ||
+ | |''Entrez Vite...Vite, Je Mouille!'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Credited as Michel Gentil | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1980 | ||
+ | |''Clinique pour Soins très spéciaux'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1980 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Lac des Morts Vivants]]'' | ||
+ | |Stiltz | ||
+ | |Other titles - ''Zombie Lake'', ''Zombie's Lake'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1982 | ||
+ | |''[[La Morte Vivante]]'' | ||
+ | |Salesman | ||
+ | |Uncredited; Other titles - ''The Living Dead Girl'', ''Lady Dracula'', ''Queen Zombie'', ''Scare: Dead or Alive'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1984 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Trottoirs de Bangkok]]'' | ||
+ | |Un Tuere | ||
+ | |Uncredited; Other title - ''The Sidewalks of Bangkok'', ''Streetwalkers of Bangkok'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1985 | ||
+ | |''Sanguine'' | ||
+ | |L'editeur | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1991 | ||
+ | |''À la Poursuite de Barbara'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1992 | ||
+ | |''Trepanator'' | ||
+ | |Dr. Roll | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1993 | ||
+ | |''Dinosaur from the Deep'' | ||
+ | |Professeur Nolan | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1997 | ||
+ | |''Marquis de Slime'' | ||
+ | |Homme du Gouvernement | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2007 | ||
+ | |''Life Like'' | ||
+ | |The Director | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2010 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Masque de la Méduse]]'' | ||
+ | |L'homme qui Enterre la Tête | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Television== | ||
+ | ===Writer=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1990 | ||
+ | |''La Griffe d'Horus'' | ||
+ | |Other title - ''The Claw of Horus'' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===As himself=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title | ||
+ | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1998 | ||
+ | |''French Love'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1999 | ||
+ | |''Eurotika!'' | ||
+ | |1 episode - ''Vampires and Virgins: The Films of Jean Rollin'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2003 | ||
+ | |''Si la Mére Supérieure se Coiffe d'un Entonnoir...'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2004 | ||
+ | |''Celluloid Horror'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2005 | ||
+ | |''Michel Rocas, Roi du Nanar?'' | ||
+ | |TV Movie | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2006 | ||
+ | |''L'age d'or du X'' | ||
+ | |TV Movie | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2009 | ||
+ | |''Jean Rollin, le Rêveur Égaré'' | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |} | ||
- | ==Selected filmography== | + | ===Thanks=== |
- | * ''La Nuit transfigurée'' (The Transfigurated Night) ([[2006 in film|2006]]) (in production) | + | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
- | * ''La Fiancée de Dracula'' (The Fiancee of Dracula) ([[2002 in film|2002]]) | + | |- |
- | * ''Les Deux orphelines vampires'' (Two Orphan Vampires) ([[1995 in film|1995]]) | + | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year |
- | * ''La Femme dangereuse'' (a.k.a. Killing Car) ([[1993 in film|1993]]) | + | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title |
- | * ''Perdues dans New York'' (Lost in New York) ([[1989 in film|1989]]) | + | ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes |
- | * ''Les Trottoirs de Bangkok'' (The Sidewalks of Bangkok) ([[1984 in film|1984]]) | + | |- |
- | * ''La Morte vivante'' (The Living Dead Girl) ([[1982 in film|1982]]) | + | |1968 |
- | * ''Lac des Morts Vivants, Le'' (Zombie Lake) ([[1981 in film|1981]]) | + | |''La Femme-Bourreau'' |
- | * ''Les Échapées'' (The Runaways) ([[1981 in film|1981]]) | + | |Thanks |
- | * ''La Nuit des traquées'' (The Night of the Hunted) ([[1980 in film|1980]]) | + | |- |
- | * ''Fascination'' ([[1979 in film|1979]]) | + | |1985 |
- | * ''Les Raisins de la mort'' (The Grapes of Death) ([[1978 in film|1978]]) | + | |''Le Clown Nécrophile'' |
- | * ''Vibrations sensuelles'' ([[1977 in film|1977]]) (as ''Michel Gentil'') | + | |Dedicatee |
- | * ''Phantasmes'' (a.k.a. Seduction of Amy) ([[1975 in film|1975]]) | + | |} |
- | * ''Lèvres de sang'' (Lips of Blood) ([[1974 in film|1974]]) | + | |
- | * ''Tout le monde il en a deux'' (a.k.a. Fly Me the French Way) ([[1974 in film|1974]]) (as ''Michel Gentil'') | + | |
- | * ''Les Démoniaques'' (The Demoniacs) ([[1973 in film|1973]]) | + | |
- | * ''Jeunes filles impudiques'' (a.k.a. Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) ([[1973 in film|1973]]) (as ''Michel Gentil'') | + | |
- | * ''La Rose de fer'' (The Iron Rose) ([[1972 in film|1972]]) | + | |
- | * ''Requiem pour un vampire'' (Requiem for a Vampire) ([[1971 in film|1971]]) | + | |
- | * ''Le Frisson des vampires'' (Shiver of the Vampires) ([[1970 in film|1970]]) | + | |
- | * ''La Vampire nue'' (The Nude Vampire) ([[1969 in film|1969]]) | + | |
- | * ''Le Viol du vampire'' (The Rape of the Vampire) ([[1968 in film|1968]]) | + | |
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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* ''[[Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984]]'' (1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs. Dedicates a chapter to Rollin. | * ''[[Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984]]'' (1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs. Dedicates a chapter to Rollin. | ||
- | ==External links== | + | {{GFDL}} |
- | * [http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue09/reviews/jeanrollin/ J. Newman, "The Cinema of Jean Rollin" Images 9 (2000).] | + | |
- | * [http://www.kinoeye.org/index_02_07.php Volume of the journal Kinoeye devoted to the films of Rollin] | + |
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Jean Michel Rollin Le Gentil (3 November 1938 - 15 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his films in the fantastique genre such as the vampire film Le Viol du Vampire (1968) and the first French gore film (Les Raisins de la Mort, 1978). He was the son of Denise Rollin-Le Gentil and is one of the early pioneers of French X-rated cinema. Jean Rollin was part of the coterie of Eric Losfeld, he frequently collaborated with Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, editor in chief of French magazines Fascination and Sex Stars System.
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Style
Influenced by traditional French and German expressionist cinema, classic American horror, early serials, comics, fantastic literature and surrealist art, Rollin's fantastique films have been rightfully compared to a sort of visual poetry, juxtaposing the macabre with the sensual and the beautiful with the bizarre. His poetic images are often accompanied by minimal dialogue and simple but haunting musical scores, and the pacing is generally slow and deliberate. All of these qualities contribute to an atmosphere which is commonly described as surreal and dream-like.
Production value
Despite the limited budget of his productions, Rollin has been able to film in some spectacular locations: a rocky beach at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, grand castles (châteaux), rolling countrysides, and cemeteries thick with gothic atmosphere. Like F.W. Murnau before him, Rollin typically employs the conventions of the horror genre, especially vampires, as a framing device for his unusual images. As a result, plot, dialogue, and narrative tend to be secondary to the visual art for which his films are known.
Reception
In the beginning, Rollin's films were generally not well received by his audience or critics. His first feature, Le viol du vampire, caused such a scandal that audiences booed, shouted, and threw trash at the screen. The reaction to the film was so hostile that Rollin considered quitting the film business. His next few films also failed to generate much praise. Harsh French film critics coined the derogatory term "Rollinade" (forged on Bérézinade) to describe his particular style of cinema, which they felt was cheap, amateurish, and nonsensical. Later on, fans would embrace the term and use it proudly.
With most of his films now available on DVD worldwide, Rollin has gained a new generation of fans, as well as attracting further critical and academic attention. He currently resides in Paris and is working on his last film, La Nuit transfigurée.
Adult films
While Rollin's peculiar combination of high-art and erotic horror camp failed to generate much financial or critical success, his ability to incorporate eroticism into his films earned him steady work as a director of adult films during the early years of French X-rated cinema. Rollin (under various pseudonyms such as Michel Gentil, Michel Gand, and Robert Xavier) directed a number of adult features from 1973 to the late 1980's, ranging from light-hearted softcore/comedy hybrids to hardcore pornography. 1975's Phantasmes was Rollin's attempt at making an X-rated feature with a real story and decent actors, but the average viewer was not interested in such a thing. At the request of his producers, Rollin also made X-rated versions of some of his serious films (Lèvres de sang; La Nuit des traquées) to help fund the productions.
While making Vibrations sensuelles, Rollin saw acting potential in French adult star Brigitte Lahaie and wanted her to act in his next horror film, 1978's Les Raisins de la mort. Lahaie was perfect for the role and she began a working relationship with Rollin that continued throughout his career. Lahaie's leading role in 1979's Fascination helped the film garner widespread acclaim, even among critics who had ridiculed Rollin's earlier films.
Early life
Jean Rollin was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France to artistically inclined family, his father was an actor and theatre director, inspiring both he and his brother, Olivier to pursue a career in show business. Jean saw his very first film when he was about five-years old, it was a 1942 film called Capitaine Fracesse, out in the country during the second world war and it made a profound impression on him. He particularly remembered the storm sequence, he had never seen anything so fascinating and magical; it simply changed his life forever, after that he decided he wanted to make films and with his father an actor in theatre this had a heavy influence on him. Rollin's parents were separated so he didn't live with his father, but once in a while he went to the theatre and watched him perform on stage. When he was 15 his mother gave him a typewriter and it was an important moment for him; that's when everything started, he began to write little screenplays and stories, heavily influenced by the films he saw. When he was a schoolboy, he and his friends frequently went to the movies. When he was about 13 or 14 he became obsessed with American Serials. When he was about 16, he found a job at Le Films des Saturne.
He just helped out there, writing invoices because he wanted to earn some money and he wanted to do something connected with cinema. The specialized in creating opening and closing credits and little cartoons, but they also shot real films. One day they were assigned to make a documentary about Snecma, a big factory in France which built motors and airplanes and Jean was part of the crew, it was his first time on a real movie set, he did everything, he arranged the travelling shots, laid the tracks, checked the electricity and helped the cameraman. Rollin also worked as an editor in the French Army with Claude Lelouch in the cinema department making army commercials, Claude directed and Jean did the Montage, they did two films, one was a documentary about the mechanographic service called Mechanographie and the other was a real film running at 1 hour called La Guerre de Silence (The War of Silence).
Le Viol du Vampire
With the release of Le Viol du Vampire on 27 May 1968 the May Revolution raged through the streets of Paris, the police even stormed a cinema where the film was shown, a huge riot broke out between filmgoers and the police.
Death
Rollin died in December 2010 after a long illness.
Filmography
Director
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1958 | Les Amours Jaunes | Other title - The Yellow Love, The Yellow Lovers (short) |
1961 | Ciel de Cuivre | Other title - Copper Sky, Sky of Copper (short) |
1962 | Cheval pour Deux | Other title - A Horse for Two (short) (Assistant Director) |
1963 | L'itinéraire Marin | Other title - Sea Journey (screenplay only) |
1965 | Le Pays Loin | Other titles - The Distant Lands, The Far Country |
1965 | Vivre en Espagne | Other title - Life in Spain (short documentary) |
1968 | Le Viol du Vampire | Other titles - The Rape of the Vampire, Queen of the Vampires, Vampire Woman, La Reine des Vampires |
1969 | La Vampire Nue | Other titles - The Nude Vampire, The Naked Vampire |
1970 | Le Frisson des Vampires | Other titles - The Shiver of the Vampires, Sex and Vampires, Strange Things Happen at Night, The Terror of the Vampires, Thrill of the Vampires, Vampire Thrills |
1971 | Requiem pour un Vampire | Other titles - Requiem for a Vampire, Vierges et Vampires, Caged Virgins, The Crazed Vampire, Crazed Virgins, Dungeon of Terror, Sex and the Vampires, Virgins and Vampires, Virgins and the Vampires |
1972 | La Rose de Fer | Other titles - Rose of Iron, The Iron Rose |
1973 | Among the Living Dead | Other titles - Christina, Princesse de l'exorcisme, Virgin Among The Living Dead, Christine, a Princess of Exorcism, Zombi 4: A Virgin Among the Living Dead |
1973 | Jeunes Filles Impudiques | Other titles - Shameless Young Schoolgirls, School Girl Hitchhikers; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1973 | Les Démoniaques | Other titles - Demoniacs, Curse of the Living Dead |
1974 | Tout le Monde il en a Deux | Other titles - Bacchanales Sexuelles, Fly Me the French Way; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1974 | Lévres de Sang | Other title - Lips of Blood |
1974 | Suce-Moi Vampire | Hard core Version of Lévres de Sang; Other titles - Suck Me Vampire |
1975 | Phantasmes | Other titles - Phantasmes Pornographiques, Phantasmes d'Isabelle, The Seduction of Amy, Once Upon a Virgin |
1975 | Douces Pénetrations | Other titles - Sweet Penetrations, Gode Story; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1976 | Amours Collectives | Other title - Love Story; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1976 | La Comtesse Lxe | Other title - Sueurs Chaudes; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1976 | Hard Pénétrations | Other title - Jouissances et Soumission |
1976 | Vibrations Sexuelles | Other titles - Sexual Vibrations, Vibrazoni |
1976 | Apothéose Porno | Other title - Climatic Porno |
1977 | Saute-Moi Dessus | Also editor and cinematographer |
1977 | Lévres Entrouvertes | Other title - Parted Lips, Lévres Entrouvertes pour Sexes Chauds |
1977 | Positions Danoises | Other titles - Danish Positions |
1977 | Discosex | Sound engineer |
1978 | Hyperpénétrations | Other title - Par Devant Par Derriere; Credited as Robert Xavier |
1978 | Petites Pensionnaires Impudiques | Credited as Michel Gentil |
1978 | Remplissez-Moi... Les 3 Trous | Credited as Robert Xavier |
1978 | Les Trois Trous | |
1978 | Les Raisins de la Mort | Other titles - The Grapes of Death, Pestizide, Pesticide, The Raisins of Death, Foltermühle der Gefangenen Frauen |
1979 | Fascination | |
1979 | Pénétrations Vicieuses | Other title - Vicious Penetrations |
1979 | Introductions Perverses | Other title - Perverse Introductions |
1979 | Gamines en Chaleur | Other title - Si Jeune et Déjà Cochonne |
1979 | Bouches Lascives et Pornos | Re-edit of Lévres Entrouvertes and La Comtesse Lxe |
1979 | La Nuit des Traquées | Other title - The Night of the Hunted, Night of the Cruel Sacrifice |
1979 | Les Filles Traquées | Porn Version of La Nuit des Traquées |
1980 | Le Lac des Morts Vivants | Other title - Zombie Lake, Zombies Lake |
1981 | Les Paumées du Petit Matin | Other titles - The Escapées, Fugues Mineures, The Runaways |
1982 | La Morte Vivante | Other titles - The Living Dead Girl, Lady Dracula, Queen Zombie, Scare: Dead or Alive |
1982 | Rêves de Sexes | Other title - Quand le Chat; Credited as Robert Xavier |
1983 | Folies Anales | Other title - Anal Madness; Credited as Robert Xavier |
1983 | Sodomanie | Other title - Sodomania |
1984 | Les Trottoirs de Bangkok | Other title - The Sidewalks of Bangkok, Streetwalkers of Bangkok |
1985 | Ne Prends pas les Poulets pour des Pigeons | Other titles - Chickens pretending to be Pigeons |
1989 | Killing Car | Other title - Femme Dangereuse |
1989 | Perdues dans New York | Other title - Lost in New York |
1991 | Á la Prostitute de Barbara | |
1994 | Le Parfum de Mathilde | Other titles - The Scent of Mathilda, The Scent of Mathilde (script only) |
1997 | Les Deux Orphelines Vampires | Other titles - Two Orphan Vampires, The Two Vampire Orphans |
1999 | La Fiancée de Dracula | Other titles - Fiancee of Dracula, The Brides of Dracula, Dracula's Fiancee |
2007 | La Nuit des Horloges | Other title - The Night of the Clocks |
2010 | Le Masque de la Méduse |
Writer
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1963 | L'itinéraire Marin | Other title - Sea Journey |
1965 | Le Pays Loin | Other title - The Distant Lands, The Far Country |
1968 | Le Viol du Vampire | Other titles - The Rape of the Vampire, Queen of the Vampires, Vampire Woman, La Reine des Vampires |
1969 | La Vampire Nue | Other title - The Nude Vampire, The Naked Vampire |
1970 | Le Frisson des Vampires | Other titles - The Shiver of the Vampires, Sex and Vampires, Strange Things Happen at Night, The Terror of the Vampires, Thrill of the Vampires, Vampire Thrills |
1971 | Requiem pour un Vampire | Other titles - Requiem for a Vampire, Vierges et Vampires, Caged Virgins, The Crazed Vampire, Crazed Virgins, Sex and the Vampires, Virgins and Vampires, Virgins and the Vampires |
1972 | La Rose de Fer | Other titles - Rose of Iron, The Iron Rose |
1973 | Les Demoniaques | Other titles - Demoniaques, Curse of the Living Dead |
1974 | Tout le Monde il en a deux | Other titles - Bacchanales Sexuelles, Fly me the French Way; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1974 | Lévres de Sang | Other title - |
1974 | Phantasmes | Other titles - Phantasmes Pornographiques, Phantasmes D'isabelle, The Seduction of Amy, Once Upon a Virgin |
1975 | Douches Pénétrations | Other titles - Sweet Penetrations, Gode Story; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1976 | Amours Collectives | Other titles - Love Story; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1976 | Hard Pénétrations | Other titles - Joussances et Soumission |
1977 | Saute-Moi Dessus | Also Editor and Cinematographer |
1977 | Discosex | |
1978 | Les Raisins de la Mort | Other titles - The Grapes of Death, Pestizide, Pesticide, The Raisins of Death, Foltermühle der Gefangenen Frauen |
1979 | Mondo Cannibale | Other titles - The Cannibals, Barbarian Goddess, 'White Cannnibal Queen Uncredited |
1979 | Fascination | |
1979 | La Nuit des Traquees | Other titles - The Night of the Hunted, Night of the Cruel Sacrifice |
1981 | Les Paumées du Petit Matin | Other titles - The Escapées, Fuges Mineures, The Runaways |
1982 | La Morte Vivante | Other titles - The Living Dead Girl, Lady Dracula, Queen Zombie, Scare: Dead or Alive |
1983 | Sodomaine | Other titles - Sodomania |
1988 | Emanuelle 6 | (Script only), Uncredited |
1989 | Perdues dans New York | Other titles - Lost in New York |
1994 | Le Parfum de Mathilde | Other titles - The Scent of Mathilda, The Scent of Mathilde |
1997 | Les Deux Orphlines Vampires | Other titles - Two Orphan Vampires, The Two Vampire Orphans |
1999 | La Fiancée de Dracula | Other titles - Fiancee of Dracula, The Brides of Dracula, Dracula's Fiancee |
2007 | La Nuit des Horloges | Other title - The Night of the Clocks |
2010 | Le Masque de la Méduse |
Producer
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1966 | Tristesse des Anthropophages | |
1967 | Faire Quelque Chose | |
1968 | Le Viol du Vampire | Other titles- The Rape of the Vampire, The Queen of the Vampires, Vampire Woman, La Reine des Vampires |
1970 | Le Frisson des Vampires | Other titles - The Shiver of the Vampires, Sex and Vampires, Strange Things Happen at Night, The Terror of the Vampires, The Thrill of the Vampires, Vampire Thrills |
1974 | Tout le Monde il en a Deux | Other titles - Bacchanales Sexuelles, Fly Me the French Way; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1979 | Jeux D'Adultes pour Gamines Expertes | |
1980 | Minouche, Fillette Insatiable | Other title - Unlimited Girls |
1991 | Et le Temps S'En Va... | (Exclusive Producer) |
Actor
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1956 | Crime et Châtiment | Le Prêtre Chantant | Uncredited; Other title - Crime and Punishment |
1966 | Tristesse des Anthropophages | Un Client du Restaurant Scatophage | Uncredited |
1968 | La Femme-Bourreau | Un Flic | Uncredited |
1968 | Le Viol du Vampire | Villager | Uncredited; Other title - The Rape of the Vampire, The Queen of the Vampires, Vampire Woman, La Reine des Vampires |
1972 | La Rose de Fer | Uncredited; Other title - Rose of Iron, The Iron Rose | |
1973 | Le Sourire Vertical | Other title - The Vertical Smile | |
1974 | Phantasmes | Other titles - Phantasmes Pornographiques, Phantasmes D'Isabelle, The Seduction of Amy, Once Upon a Virgin | |
1974 | Lévres de Sang | Le Gardien du Cimetière | Uncredited; Other titles - Lips of Blood |
1975 | Douches Pénétrations | Le Chef Cuisinier | Other titles - Sweet Penetrations, Gode Story; Credited as Michel Gentil |
1976 | Amours Collectives | Mike Gentle the Vampire | Other title - Love Story; Credited as Michel Gentil, (Scenes deleted) |
1977 | Discosex | ||
1978 | Hyperpénétrations | Other title - Par Devant Par Derriere; Credited as Robert Xavier | |
1978 | Remplissez-Moi...Les 3 Tours | Credited as Robert Xavier | |
1978 | Lèvres Gloutonnes | ||
1978 | Les Raisins de la Mort | Worker at the Vinyard | Other titles - The Grapes of Death, Pestizide, Pesticide, The Raisins of Death, Foltermühle der Gefangenen Frauen |
1979 | Entrez Vite...Vite, Je Mouille! | Credited as Michel Gentil | |
1980 | Clinique pour Soins très spéciaux | ||
1980 | Le Lac des Morts Vivants | Stiltz | Other titles - Zombie Lake, Zombie's Lake |
1982 | La Morte Vivante | Salesman | Uncredited; Other titles - The Living Dead Girl, Lady Dracula, Queen Zombie, Scare: Dead or Alive |
1984 | Les Trottoirs de Bangkok | Un Tuere | Uncredited; Other title - The Sidewalks of Bangkok, Streetwalkers of Bangkok |
1985 | Sanguine | L'editeur | |
1991 | À la Poursuite de Barbara | ||
1992 | Trepanator | Dr. Roll | |
1993 | Dinosaur from the Deep | Professeur Nolan | |
1997 | Marquis de Slime | Homme du Gouvernement | |
2007 | Life Like | The Director | |
2010 | Le Masque de la Méduse | L'homme qui Enterre la Tête |
Television
Writer
Year | Title | Notes |
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1990 | La Griffe d'Horus | Other title - The Claw of Horus |
As himself
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1998 | French Love | |
1999 | Eurotika! | 1 episode - Vampires and Virgins: The Films of Jean Rollin |
2003 | Si la Mére Supérieure se Coiffe d'un Entonnoir... | |
2004 | Celluloid Horror | |
2005 | Michel Rocas, Roi du Nanar? | TV Movie |
2006 | L'age d'or du X | TV Movie |
2009 | Jean Rollin, le Rêveur Égaré |
Thanks
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1968 | La Femme-Bourreau | Thanks |
1985 | Le Clown Nécrophile | Dedicatee |
Further reading
- Virgins & Vampires: Jean Rollin. Contains essays by Jean Rollin, edited by Peter Blumenstock. Includes CD soundtrack from Les Deux orphelines vampires. Limited edition of 300 copies, autographed by Jean Rollin. (Crippled Publishing, 1997, ISBN 3-9805820-0-0).
- Video Watchdog #31. Peter Blumenstock interviews Rollin (1995).
- Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 (1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs. Dedicates a chapter to Rollin.