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Dominican Rep. Knife in the Water
- Original title
- Nóz w wodzieaka
- AKA
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- Knife in the Water
- Nóz W. Wodzie
- Year
- 1962
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
Poland- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
Jerzy Lipman (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Psychological Drama. Sailing
- Synopsis
- 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 increasingly clumsy. He spends his time jabbing the point of a pocket knife rapidly between the fingers of his other hand. Andrzek argues with the student, who topples overboard, vanishing into the lake. Andrzej dives in to save him, though he fails to find the student and swims ashore. Despite an earlier claim that he couldn't swim, the student manages to hide behind the nearest buoy.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1963: Venice: FIPRESCI1963: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture1963: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Film1962: Venice Film Festival: FIPRESCI - International Critics' Jury. 2 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"'Knife in the Water' has one of those simple, clearly expressed narratives that grabs you and holds you even though not much goes on"
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"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."
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Polanski's first feature, a model of economic, imaginative film-making which, in many ways, he has hardly improved upon since.
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"Polanski arrived on the scene with an almost super-human knack for tension; one of the great directorial debuts in cinema's history."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 6 My Favorite Polish Films (24)
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