Knife in the Water
dir. Roman Polanski
80
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On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
Directed byRoman Polanski
StarringLeon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Roman Polanski, Anna Ciepielewska
Written byJakub Goldberg, Jerzy Skolimowski, Roman Polanski
CinematographyJerzy Lipman
EditingHalina Prugar-Ketling
MusicKrzysztof Komeda
Knife in the Water
1962 · NR · 1h 34m
Drama, Thriller
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
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