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Movie Overview
Cast
• Leon Niemczyk
• Jolanta Umecka
• Zygmunt Malanowicz
Director
• Roman Polanski
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Knife in the Water (1963)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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"[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."  Blogcritics.org  Alan Dale

4.5/5
"the best "first" following only Citizen Kane"  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

A
"Builds up a sexual, generational, and violent tension in a straightforward manner, with hardly any dramatic contrivances."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"'Knife in the Water,' Roman Polanki's first feature, strips bare the nature of human dealings and the will to dominate."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

4/4
"The acting, music and camerawork all weave together to create an unexpectedly magical, brilliantly crafted, intensely sensuous experience"  Perihelion Journal  Jay Antani

4.5/5
"A masterpiece of style and economy--a complex and delicately balanced tale with only three characters and one small set."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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