Knife in the water = Nóż w wodzie
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2003].
Format
DVD
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2003].
Edition
Special ed.
Language
pol
UPC
037429149324

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
General Note
Disc 2 contains a collection of Roman Polanski's short films from 1957-1962, including Murder, Teeth smile, Break up the dance, Two men and a wardrobe, The lamp, When angels fall, The fat and the lean, and Mammals.
General Note
Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; video interview with director Roman Polanski and co-screenwriter, Jerzy Skolimowski; a collection of rare publicity and production stills; English subtitle translation by Roman Polanski.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Jerzy Lipman ; editor, Halina Prugar ; music, Krzysztof T. Komeda.
Participants/Performers
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz.
Description
A middle-aged journalist and his wife invite a footloose young hitch-hiker aboard their sail-boat for a Sunday outing in the Polish lake district. Like two peacocks, the men proceed to flaunt their virility before the woman, revealing a cynical sadism on the part of the husband and a growing resentment in the knife-wielding youth.
System Details
DVD format; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual layer; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Language
In Polish with English subtitles.
Awards
Winner of the International Film Critics' Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1962."

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