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26/05/1976 Thriller, Mystery, Drama 2h 6m
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Apartment for rent: Quiet building. Furnished. 2 rooms. Previous tenant committed suicide.

Overview

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

  1. Roman Polanski

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Roman Polanski

    Trelkovsky

  2. Isabelle Adjani

    Stella

  3. Melvyn Douglas

    Monsieur Zy

  4. Jo Van Fleet

    Madame Dioz

  5. Bernard Fresson

    Scope

  6. Shelley Winters

    Concierge

  7. Lila Kedrova

    Madame Gaderian

  8. Claude Dauphin

    Husband at accident

  9. Claude Piéplu

    Neighbour

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-11-26
This is probably my favourite Roman Polanski film, as he takes centre stage playing the timid "Trelkovsky". He is looking for an apartment to rent in Paris and despite the rather frosty reception from concierge (Shelley Winters), the inquisition from his landlord "Zy" (Melvyn Douglas) and the fact that it's got no bathroom he decides to live there. He knows from the start that the previous occupant tried to kill herself by jumping from the window, and that she is still clinging on in hospital, so he goes to visit her and encounters her pal "Stella" (Isabelle Adjani). She's a bit of a live wire...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$5,100,000.00

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