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The Tenant (1976)
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Director
Roman Polanski
casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller The Tenant. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors -- mostly old recluses -- eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful young woman, jumped from the window in a suicide attempt, Trelkovsky begins obsessing over the dead woman. Growing increasingly paranoid, Trelkovsky convinces himself that his neighbors plan to kill him. He even comes to the conclusion that Stella (Isabel Adjani), the woman he has fallen in love with, is in on the "plot." Ultimately, Polanski assumes the identity of the suicide victim -- and inherits her self-destructive urges. Some critics found the movie tedious and overdone; others compared it to Polanski's early breakthrough,
Repulsion
. The film was based on Le Locataire Chimerique, a novel by
Roland Topor
. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Isabelle Adjani
Stella
Claude Dauphin
Man in Car
Melvyn Douglas
Monsieur Zy
Jo Van Fleet
Madame Dioz
Bernard Fresson
Scope
Lila Kedrova
Gaderian
Folco Jacques Monod
Cafe Owner
Rufus
Badar
Shelley Winters
Concierge
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky
Production Crew
Albert Rajau
Art Director
Claude Moesching
Art Director
Alain Sarde
Associate Producer
Roland Topor
Book Author
Sven Nykvist
Cinematographer
Philippe Sarde
Composer (Music Score)
Roman Polanski
Director
Françoise Bonnot
Editor
Hercules Bellville
Executive Producer
Marc Grunebaum
First Assistant Director
Hubert Rostaing
Musical Direction/Supervision
Andrew Braunsberg
Producer
Eric Simon
Production Designer
Pierre Guffroy
Production Designer
Gérard Brach
Screenwriter
Roman Polanski
Screenwriter
Eric Simon
Set Designer
Year: 1976
Runtime: 125
Country: France
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Thriller
Color type
Eastmancolor
Produced by
CIC
Marianne Productions
Paramount
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.