De Komst van Joachim Stiller is a 1976 Belgian film directed by Harry Kümel based on the book of the same name. It originally aired as three 50-minute episodes in Flanders. The Dutch broadcast it as one part, cutting out 45 minutes. Harry Kümel made a cinematic version of 110 minutes. The Flemish DVD release edits the three original TV episodes into one film with a runtime of 153 minutes at the request of the director, and includes Dutch, French and English subtitles.
, 1h38 Directed byHarry Kümel OriginBelgique GenresDrama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror ThemesFilms about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films ActorsDelphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Fons Rademakers, Georges Jamin Rating64% A recently married young couple, Stefan (John Karlen) and Valerie (Danielle Ouimet), are on their honeymoon. They check into a grand hotel on the Ostend seafront in Belgium, intending to catch the cross-channel ferry to England, though Stefan seems oddly unenthused at the prospect of introducing his new bride to his mother. It is off-season, so the couple are alone in the hotel. Alone, that is, until the sun sets and a mysterious Hungarian countess, Elizabeth Báthory (Delphine Seyrig) arrives in a vintage Bristol driven by her "secretary" Ilona (Andrea Rau). The middle-aged concierge at the hotel swears that he saw the Countess at the same hotel when he was a little boy. The pair may have a connection to three separate gruesome murders of young girls that occurred in Bruges the previous week. On a day trip, Stefan and Valerie witness the aftermath of a fourth. At the hotel, the countess quickly becomes obsessed with the newlyweds, and the resulting interaction of the four people leads to sadism and murder. Ilona, Stefan, then the Countess all die, leaving Valerie, now transformed into a creature similar to the Countess, stalking new victims.
, 1h49 Directed byHarry Kümel GenresDrama ActorsEllen Vogel, Dora van der Groen, Mariëlle Fiolet Rating69% A woman disguises herself as a man to avoid prosecution for murdering her lover fifteen years ago. She is the last living member of a wealthy Vienna family, and has spent the years after the murder traveling Europe with her female servant. Her travels provide her with an anonymous cloak that allows her freedom of movement but little peace of mind. Nearing middle age, the guilt and weariness of an empty life has her contemplating suicide as the only way out of her dilemma.