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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)
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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
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