Knife in the Water

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Knife in the Water is a 1962 Polish psychological thriller film, Roman Polanski’s feature debut, noted for its tense three-character drama set largely on a sailboat.

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Knife in the Water canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish film
film
psychological thriller film
academyAwardNomination Best Foreign Language Film
academyAwardsEdition 36th Academy Awards
blackAndWhite true
castMember Jolanta Umecka
Leon Niemczyk
Zygmunt Malanowicz
character Andrzej
Krystyna
Young man
cinematographer Jerzy Lipman
composer Krzysztof Komeda
countryOfOrigin Poland
criticalReception acclaimed
director Roman Polanski
distributor Zespol Filmowy Kadr
editor Halina Prugar-Ketling
era Polish Film School
surface form: Polish School of cinema
featureDebutOf Roman Polanski
filmingStyle minimalist
real-time tension
genre drama film
psychological thriller
hasTitleInPolish Noz w wodzie
medium theatrical film
narrativeFocus marital tension
psychological power struggle
notableFor claustrophobic setting
psychological realism
three-character ensemble
originalLanguage Polish
premiereEvent Venice Film Festival
producer Stanislaw Zylewicz
productionCompany Zespol Filmowy Kadr
releaseYear 1962
runtimeMinutes 94
screenwriter Jakub Goldberg
Jerzy Skolimowski
Roman Polanski
setting Masurian Lake District
surface form: Mazury lake district

sailboat
theme class conflict
masculinity
sexual jealousy

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Roman Polanski notableWork Knife in the Water
Roman Polanski directed Knife in the Water