Knife In The Water (Roman Polanski, 1962) [RePoPo]

******************************************************************************* Knife In The Water (Roman Polanski, 1962) ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File Validation......: SFV Container File.......: Matroska Video Format.........: H.263 Video Bitrate........: 1684 Audio Format.........: AC3 192kb/s Audio Languages......: Polish 2.0/Spanish 2.0 Subtitles Enclosed...: English, Spanish Resolution...........: 720x512 Aspect Ratio.........: 1.33:1 (aprox) Color................: 24 bit FPS..................: 25.000 Source...............: DVD 4:3 Duration.............: 01:30:19 Original Format......: PAL Genre................: Drama IMDb Rating..........: 7.6 IMDB.................: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056291/ Filmaffinity.........: http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film250673.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORIGINAL TITLE:N¾z w wodzie YEAR:1962 RUNNING TIME:94 min. COUNTRY: Poland DIRECTOR:Roman Polanski SCREENWRITER:Roman Polanski & Jerzy Skolimowski COMPOSER:Christopher Komeda (AKA Krysztof T. Komeda) CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jerzy Lipman (B&W) CAST:Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz STUDIO/PRODUCER: Kamera-Film GENRE: Drama 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. Written by alfiehitchie Trivia: * Roman Polanski had intended to take on the role of the young hitchhiker himself, but Jerzy Bossak, head of the Polish film unit KAMERA (under whose auspices the film was made), turned him down because he didn't consider the director attractive enough. The character's voice, however, is Polanski's, who later dubbed the part over. Zygmunt Malanowicz had a strong, developed, bass voice, which was quite inappropriate for the character. * Co-screenwriter Jerzy Skolimowski also was interested in playing the young hitchhiker's part. * Initially, Polanski wanted to make a criminal story about a couple which takes a young hitchhiker to a boat trip, and at the end the boy dies in mysterious circumstances. In his version the trip was about a week long a involved some other characters. It was Jerzy Skolimowski who proposed to shorten it to one day and limit the number of characters. The final script was created in only three, four days by Polanski, Skolimowski and Jakub Goldberg in Polanski's apartment. While writing the script they were playing the dialogue, changing the roles all the time. * The boat used in the movie is rumored to be a former property of Hermann Goering, the Nazi party member and a friend of Adolf Hitler, who used to spend summer holidays in the palace in Sztynort neighboring the filming locations. Sunk during World War II in the Mazurian Lakes, it was restored and is -- up to present date -- owned by Almatur Travel Agency located in Gizycko, Poland, very popular in Polish showbiz-related circles. The real name of the boat is "Rekin" ("The Shark"). * During one of top mast shots, the cameramen Jerzy Lipman was tied to the mast and hold a camera. Although the wind was not strong, the mast swung and the camera was heavy, so it was very difficult to take a good shot. All the time the director Roman Polanski was very excited about the shot and kept asking how it was going. Lipman got very angry and said "Fuck! It is fucking beautiful!" and... dropped the camera to the water. He had forgotten to attach it with the safety cable. The Arriflex camera couldn't be found by the divers and still lies somewhere in the lake. * The first scene in the film shows Andrzej and Krystyna driving a car. As shooting from the platform in front of the car was not yet available, the crew was tied to the car, standing on its mask. To get the proper light effects, they held a blanket with a small hole for the camera. Leon Niemczyk (Andrzej) was really driving this car quite fast (this was crucial to this scene), but he couldn't see anything. He drove the car using the tops of the trees to imagine where the road is. * After the movie became known in US, Polanski was given a proposal to remake the film in English with some known Hollywood actors (rumors talk about Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor), but he turned it down as he didn't want to "repeat himself". * The couple's car, seen in the opening and closing sequences, was initially supposed to be a Mercedes, but this was replaced with a Peugeot during filming to avoid political controversy. (The more expensive car was perceived as an icon of Western luxury and decadence). During the shots, a prominent party member arrived at the plan in the newest model of Mercedes. He was invited by the whole crew with peals of laughter. * Forms part of a loose trilogy of films based around a psychological mÚnage-Ó-trois with _Cul-de-Sac (1966)_ and Death and the Maiden (1994). All three films feature a couple who's lives are turned upside down by an outside character. * The first Polish film to be nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar. * This was Roman Polanski's directorial debut, and the only film he ever made in his native Poland. Shortly after the film was released, Polanski emigrated to France (then to England, and then to the US), where he established his international fame. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My releases so far... personal rips from original DVDs, looking for quality. Whenever there's an AC3 file, there's 99% possibilities this is the directly ripped audio track from the DVD, untouched. They're usually uploaded in TPB, Mininova and TorrentBox, but feel free to share them on edonkey networks or in any way you want. Spread the word. If there's demand (and if it's possible) I can upload seperate audio tracks for dubbings in movies whose DVDs contains them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My releases so far... personal rips from original DVDs, looking for quality. Whenever there's an AC3 file, there's 99% possibilities this is the directly ripped audio track from the DVD, untouched. They're usually uploaded in TPB, Mininova and TorrentBox, but feel free to share them on edonkey networks or in any way you want. Spread the word. If there's demand (and if it's possible) I can upload seperate audio tracks for dubbings in movies whose DVDs contains them. - Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (DVDRip Dual Spanish-English) (1,4Gb) AVI/MP3, Dual English-Spanish, no subs - The Yakuza (Sidney Pollack, 1974) (DVDRip Dual Eng-Esp) (1,3Gb) AVI/AC3, Dual English-Spanish, subpack including multiple subtitles - Dracula's Daughter (Lambert Hillyer, 1936, DUal-Multisubs) (700Mb) H264/AAC in Matroska container, Dual Eng-ESP, subs ENG-ESP-ITA-POR - Dracula (George Melford, 1931, Spanish Audio) (1,4Gb) H264/AC3 in Matroska container, ESP audio, subs ENG-ESP-ITA-POR-CRO - Queen Christina (Rouben Mamoulian, 1933, Dual-Multisubs) (1,45Gb) H.264/AC3/AAC in Matroska container, ENG-ESP Audio and subs, also enclosed a subpack with multiple subs - Poltergeist (25th anniversary-WideScreen) (Tobe Hooper, 1982) (Dual Multisubs) H.264/AC3 in Matroska container, ENG-ESP Audio and subs, also enclosed a subpack with multiple subs - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (Martin Ritt, 1965) (Dual Multisubs) H.264/AAC in Matroska container, Eng-Esp audio and subs, also enclosed a subpack with multiple subs - Someone Behind The Door (Nicolas Gessner, 1971) (Dual MultiSubs) H.264/AC3 in Matroska container, Eng-Esp audio and Subs, also enclosed a subpack with multiple subs - The Mark Of Zorro (Rouben Mamoulian, 1933) (Dual Eng-Esp H.264/AC3 in Matroska container, Eng-Esp audio and Subs. Spanish dub is LATIN SPANISH - Knife In The Water (N¾z w wodzie) (Roman Polanski, 1962) (Polish-Spanish) H.264/AC3. Original Polish audio and spanish dub. Subbed in english and spanish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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takehiro12 (2008-07-15)

Really? Then there should be thousands of great films coming out of Europe every year. No?
Polanski is brilliant and this is one of his best films. A masterpiece!

klezmik (2008-07-26)

has it good subtitling? I dl'ed a polish movie before, wihout the subs, hmm
Polanski is not exceptionally brilliant, he is simply a good moviemaker, with common sense and bright storytelling. It is all the rest in movieworld that is exceptionally bad! I like the man, but I have better names in my favorites.

mrcrippler (2008-12-17)

there are only two types of moviemakers. shit and brilliant. there is no middle ground when it comes to beauty it is or it isint.

zombikayhan (2011-06-16)

Thousands of great films coming out of Europe every year.

judebd (2015-09-11)

Unbelievable quality print for a such old movie when there was no BR Quality
A-10
V-10
Thanks Heaps for sharing milestone movie !