Norodom Sihanouk

Biography

Norodom Sihanouk born October 31, 1922 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was a director, writer and composer, Prince Norodom Sihanouk was appointed the King of Cambodia in 1941, when he was merely nineteen years. He remained the ruler of the nation for fourteen years, from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004, interspersed with brief but frequent spells as Prime Minister. Sihanouk was enthusiastic about the trends and glamour of the western world. He introduced "The Twist" in Cambodia in 1960 and became a record producer of Cambodian pop and rock'n roll music. These new cultural expressions upset some groups. Sihanouk banished this opposition to his pop concept from the capital Phnom Penh. Part of the resistance eventually created the movement Khmer Rouge. In 1965 Norodom Sihanouk expanded his modern idea of Cambodia to include film. He wrote, directed, produced and appeared in documentaries and feature films for five years. He resumed filming in North Korea in 1988. Sihanouk's last film, "Le Cid Khmer", was released in Cambodia 2005. Over the years, Prince/King/Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk resided in, apart from Cambodia, in the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's…

Directed

1. The Last Days of Colonel Savath (1995) — Director
2. The Rose of Bokor (1969) — Director
3. Peasants in Distress (1994) — Director
4. An Ambition Reduced to Ashes (1995) — Director
5. My Village at Sunset (1992) — Director
6. See Angkor and Die (1993) — Director
7. Shadow Over Angkor (1968) — Director
8. Twilight (1969) — Director
9. Apsara (1966) — Director
10. The Enchanted Forest (1966) — Director
11. The Mysterious City (1988) — Director
12. The Joy of Life (1969) — Director
13. An Apostle of Non-Violence (1997) — Director
14. Le petit prince du peuple (1967) — Director
15. Le Cid Khmer (2005) — Director
16. Goodbye My Love (1989) — Director
17. The Countess of Nokorom (1989) — Director
18. Cambodia (1965) — Director
19. The Heir of a Vanquished Secessionist (1996) — Director
20. La Châtelaine de Banareath (2005) — Director
21. The Great Assassination (1998) — Director
22. Tragic Destiny (1969) — Director
23. I Shall Never See You Again, Oh My Beloved Kampuchea (1991) — Director

Also appeared in

1. De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017) — Self (archive footage)
2. Twilight (1969) — Prince Adit
3. The Rose of Bokor (1969) — Ichiro Hasegawa
4. Shadow Over Angkor (1968) — Prince
5. Krung Thep (2026) — Norodom Sihanouk
6. Der Dschungelkrieg (1983) — Self
7. Tragic Destiny (1969)
8. The Enchanted Forest (1966) — Preah Angk
9. Norodom Sihanouk, King and Film-maker (1997)
10. VISITE D'ETAT MGR. N.SIHANOUK CHEF D'ETAT DU CAMBODGE EN LA R.P. CHINE 1964 (1964)