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Director:
Roman Polanski
Writers:
Jakub Goldberg (writer)
Roman Polanski (writer)
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Release Date:
28 October 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
On their way to a sailing trip, an aging husband and wife invite along an emphatic young hitchhiker out of sheer patronization. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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Polanski's Pardon? Not So Fast
 (From Huffington Post. 3 October 2009, 11:23 AM, PDT)
This Roman Polanski Chatter is Simply Out of Control
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User Comments:
Surprisingly free of violence more (66 total)

Cast

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Leon Niemczyk ... Andrzej
Jolanta Umecka ... Krystyna
Zygmunt Malanowicz ... Young Boy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Ciepielewska ... Krystyna (voice) (uncredited)

Roman Polanski ... Young Boy (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Roman Polanski 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jakub Goldberg  writer
Roman Polanski  writer
Jerzy Skolimowski  dialogue
Jerzy Skolimowski  screenplay

Produced by
Stanislaw Zylewicz .... producer
 
Original Music by
Krzysztof Komeda  (as Krzysztof T. Komeda)
 
Cinematography by
Jerzy Lipman 
 
Film Editing by
Halina Prugar-Ketling  (as Halina Prugar)
 
Production Design by
Boleslaw Kamykowski 
 
Makeup Department
Zdzislaw Papierz .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Josef Krakowski .... production manager
Jerzy Laskowski .... assistant production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jakub Goldberg .... assistant director
Andrzej Kostenko .... assistant director
Maria Pietrzak .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Jerzy Bossak .... artistic director
 
Sound Department
Halina Paszkowska .... sound
Jerzy Szawlowski .... sound assistant
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Andrzej Gronau .... camera operator
Julian Magda .... assistant camera
Józef Nasiadka .... assistant camera
Jerzy Szurowski .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Maria Karpowicz .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Bernt Rosengren .... musician: saxophone
 
Other crew
Jerzy Stefan Stawinski .... literary director (as Jerzy Stawinski)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Knife in the Water (USA)
Nóż w wodzie (Poland)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
Poland
Language:
Polish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (re-rating) (2004) | UK:PG (video rating) (1992)
Filming Locations:
Gizycko, Poland more
Company:
Zespol Filmowy "Kamera" more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Forms part of a loose trilogy of films based around a psychological ménage-à-trois with Cul-de-sac (1966) and Death and the Maiden (1994). All three films feature a couple whose lives are turned upside down by an outside character. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the end of the movie when Andrzej and Krystyna are driving away from the harbor, the boats in the background change between shots. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in 'El Chicko' - der Verdacht (1995) more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Surprisingly free of violence, 13 August 2001
7/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Devastating and beautiful early film from talented director Roman Polanski...but 'beautiful' in a sad, melancholy sense. Rarely have I seen a picture which so vividly captures the wonder of weather (gray and drizzly skies and choppy sea water, illuminated suddenly by a burst of sun rays). Sure the film is in black-and-white, but that foreboding sky actually becomes a character in the plot involving a couple out for a boating weekend who pick up a hitchhiker and invite him along on their trip. Not a whole lot of story (in the conventional sense), but the photography and Kris Komeda's jazzy score makes the journey a worthy ride which builds in suspense and a creepy, muted kind of ambiance. Polanski's eye is unerring, but don't expect him to give into a big pay-off. The narrative is pretty much based in reality--it's grounded--and is without major outbursts, violence or melodrama. *** from ****

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