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Knife in the Water (Polish: Nóż w wodzie) is a 1962 Polish psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Roman Polanski in his feature debut, and starring Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, and Zygmunt Malanowicz. Its plot follows a husband and wife who are accompanied on a boating trip by a young male hitchhiker, who spurs a number of ...
- Stanislaw Zylewicz
- Krzysztof T. Komeda
Knife in the Water: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Anna Ciepielewska. A couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Roman Polanski
- 1963-10-28
Rated: 4/4 • Mar 20, 2022. Mar 12, 2018. On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej (Leon Niemczyk) and Krystyna (Jolanta Umecka) nearly run over a young hitchhiker ...
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- Roman Polanski
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Knife in the Water. Roman Polanski’s first feature is a brilliant psychological thriller that many critics still consider among his greatest work. The story is simple, yet the implications of its characters’ emotions and actions are profound. When a young hitchhiker joins a couple on a weekend yacht trip, psychological warfare breaks out as ...
- Andrzej, Krystyna, Young Man
Nóz w wodzie. Knife in the Water, Polish psychological thriller film, released in 1962, that was director Roman Polanski ’s acclaimed first feature-length movie; it was also the first Polish movie to be nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign-language film. Knife in the Water features only three characters: Andrzej and Krystyna, a ...
- Lee Pfeiffer
Knife in the Water (1962) was Polish director Roman Polanski's remarkably assured first feature film, and, as it would turn out, his only Polish feature to date. It was an unusual film to come out of the Polish film industry, which at the time was controlled by the ruling Communist party, and leaned heavily towards promoting socialist ideology.
An attractive young woman, Christine, takes the wheel of a car belonging to her partner Andrzej, a sports columnist. While he criticizes her driving skills, a reckless student leaps out in front of the car. Andrzej gives the student a ride and invites him to accompany them on their yacht trip. Attracted to Christine, the student becomes ...
