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The Tenant
The Tenant

The Tenant

1976 126 min ★ 7.6 Thriller, Mystery, Drama

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

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Cast

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Trelkovsky

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani

Stella

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Monsieur Zy

Jo Van Fleet

Jo Van Fleet

Madame Dioz

Bernard Fresson

Bernard Fresson

Scope

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Concierge

Lila Kedrova

Lila Kedrova

Madame Gaderian

Claude Dauphin

Claude Dauphin

Husband at accident

Claude Piéplu

Claude Piéplu

Neighbour

Rufus

Rufus

Georges Badar

Details

Director

Roman Polanski

Screenplay

Gérard Brach

Tagline

"Apartment for rent: Quiet building. Furnished. 2 rooms. Previous tenant committed suicide."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$5,100,000

Production

Marianne Productions

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

November 26, 2024

★ 7/10

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 occupan...

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