Title: Nóż w wodzie [videorecording] = Knife in the water / Zespół "Kamera" przedstawia ; [producer, Stanislaw Zylewicz] ; scenariusz, Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jakub Goldberg ; [director, Roman Polanski].
Edition: Special ed.
Description: 2 videodiscs (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Published: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2003.
Publisher No.: KN1020 Criterion collection
ISBN: 0780023269
System: DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual layer; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 215.
Language Note: In Polish with English subtitles.
Credits: Director of photography, Jerzy Lipman ; editor, Halina Pruger ; music, Krzysztof T. Komeda.
Performer(s): Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zgmunt Malanowicz.
Summary: 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.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
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.
Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; video interview with director Roman Polanski and co-screenwriter, Jerzy Skolimowki; a collection of rare publicity and production skills; English subtitle translation by Roman Polanski.
Winner of the International Film Critics' Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1962."
Subject(s): Man-woman relationships Drama.
Competition (Psychology) Drama.
Feature films Poland.
Other Author(s): Zylewicz, Stanislaw.
Skolimowski, Jerzy.
Polanski, Roman.
Goldberg, Jakub.
Niemczyk, Leon.
Umecka, Jolanta.
Malanowicz, Zgmunt.
Lipman, Jerzy, 1922-
Prugar, Halina, 1929-
Komeda, Krzysztof.
Polanski, Roman.
Zespół "Kamera."
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Titles: Knife in the water
Location(s):copy 1 Bailey/Howe Media Resources (videodisc) (Ground Floor)
Call Number: DVD 2484
Library Has: Discs 1-2
Notes: CAMPUS USE INSTRUCTIONAL
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