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Knife in the Water
1962 1h 34m Not Rated
Drama
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Thriller
7.4
97%
85%
73%
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A couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht. The husband invites the young man to come along for their day's sailing. As the voyage progresses, the antagonism between the two men grows. A violent confrontation is inevitable.
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Directed By
Roman Polanski
Written By
Roman Polanski
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Jakub Goldberg
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Zespół Filmowy "Kamera"
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Cast of Knife in the Water
Leon Niemczyk
Andrzej
Jolanta Umecka
Krystyna
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Young Man
Roman Polanski
Young Man (voice)
Anna Ciepielewska
Krystyna (voice)
Knife in the Water Reviews
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
It eminently justifies the interest in its acid contents and in the techniques of its young director that it stirred.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the greatest of all feature debuts.
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
Polanski's first great film of many.
Variety
Variety Staff
Middle-aged cocksureness, arrogance and incomprehension versus teenage revolt, with a young woman as a sort of arbiter, is the theme of this lively and inventive little pic.
Chicago Reader
Don Druker
The sexual tensions build slowly and subtly, and when they explode into violence, it seems to be the desired result.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
'Knife in the Water,' Roman Polanki's first feature, strips bare the nature of human dealings and the will to dominate.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
the best "first" following only Citizen Kane
Nitrate Online
Dan Lybarger
An intriguing Polish import that launched Polanski's career.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Builds up a sexual, generational, and violent tension in a straightforward manner, with hardly any dramatic contrivances.
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
When it comes to depicting people at their worst, Polanski is relatively restrained in his first outing, perhaps because of the sobering influence of Poland's Ministry of Culture.
Film Threat
Caffeinated Clint
Polanski at his uniquest
Blogcritics.org
Alan Dale
[The movie suggests that a] young man will either become like his corrupt elders, and presumably get a trophy woman of his own, or drown.... To Polanski, surviving in such a society, in such a world, is not the same as winning.
Creative Loafing
Matt Brunson
Jerzy Lipman's gorgeous black-and-white cinematography is instrumental in conveying the claustrophobia of the scenario.
TV Guide
Filmed in black and white, this film is extremely assured, concise, and telling in its characterizations.
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