Norodom Sihanouk

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Film & TV

Directing · Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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…

Known for

• Krung Thep — Norodom Sihanouk2026
• De Gaulle, the Last King of France — Self (archive footage)2017
• Norodom Sihanouk, King and Film-maker1997
• Der Dschungelkrieg — Self1983
• Twilight — Prince Adit1969
• Tragic Destiny1969
• The Rose of Bokor — Ichiro Hasegawa1969
• Shadow Over Angkor — Prince1968
• The Enchanted Forest — Preah Angk1966
• VISITE D'ETAT MGR. N.SIHANOUK CHEF D'ETAT DU CAMBODGE EN LA R.P. CHINE 19641964

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Cambodia

Active from

1922

Active to

2012

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

48

Total plays

502

Preah Karuna Preah Bat Sâmdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk Preahmâhaviraksat (His Majesty King-Father Norodom Sihanouk) ruled Cambodia from 1941-1970, when he was deposed by Lon Nol, and again from 1993-2004, when he ceded the throne to his son Norodom Suramarit. In addition to his ceremonial duties as ex-monarch he is also a filmmaker and composer, writing stand-alone music as well as soundtracks for his films. His Majesty has written songs in French, English, and Khmer, the official language of Cambodia. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Norodom+Sihanouk">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Scale Mismatches in Management of Urban Landscapes

   · 2006 · cited 175x

2. Urban Biosphere and Society: Partnership of Cities—Introduction

   · 2004 · cited 14x

3. Global knowledge networking for site specific strategies: The International Conference on Biodiversity and Society

   · 2002 · cited 7x

4. Cambodia Neutral: The Dictate of Necessity

   · 1958 · cited 6x

5. Managing the Megacity for Global Sustainability: The New York Metropolitan Region as an Urban Biosphere Reserve

   · 2004 · cited 6x

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Quotes

• “We don't want any Vietnamese in Cambodia.... We will be very glad if you solve our problem. We are not opposed to hot pursuit in uninhabited areas. You would be liberating us from the Viet Cong. For me only Cambodia counts. I want you to force the Viet Cong to leave Cambodia. In unpopulated areas, where there are not Cambodians,- such precise cases I would shut my eyes.”
• “Cambodia only protests against the destruction of the property and lives of Cambodians. All I can say is that I cannot make a protest as long as I am not informed. But I will protest if there is any destruction of Khmer life and property.Here it is - the first report about several B-52 bombings. Yet I have not been informed about that at all, because I have not lost any houses, any countrymen, nothing, nothing. Nobody was caught in those barrages - nobody, Cambodians.”
• “I don't want to become a kind of Hirohito who produces cameras, or an Elizabeth of England who cares only for horses. Even less do I want to turn out like Juan Carlos, who's just a ghost of Franco. I have no personal ambitions.”
• “Do you really believe that a man like me, who suffers for a country where B52s make 260 incursions a day, could miss the good life and jazz orchestras? I don't miss anything. I'm in mourning, and I don't even think of the carefree days of back then. What's done is done. If I had my Lancias, my Alfa Romeos and my Mercedes, I wouldn't know what to do with them now.”
• “Ah, China is a formidable country. An Asian can't help but love China and take pride in it. China doesn't export tanks and men. It exports dignity and respect.”
• “He's the truest friend I've ever had. What's more, he's an exquisite man, full of kindness and sophistication, the most aristocratic aristocrat one can meet. To those who can't understand how I, a non-communist, could be friends with Zhou Enlai, I say: "But he's a prince more princely than I am!"”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Cambodia

Place of birth

Phnom Penh

Place of death

Beijing

Father

Norodom Suramarit

Mother

Sisowath Kossamak

Occupation

screenwriter

Position held

president

Educated at

Cavalry Training School Saumur

Political party

National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia

Languages spoken

Thai

Religion

Theravāda

Participant in

Asian–African Conference

Family

House of Norodom

Noble title

prince

Instrument

saxophone

Conflict

Khmer Rouge insurgency

Official website

www.norodomsihanouk.info

Image

Norodom Sihanouk (c. 1952).jpg

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