Roman Polanski	...	(Director)
Jakub Goldberg, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski	...	(Writer)
Zygmunt Malanowicz	...
Leon Niemczyk	...
Jolanta Umecka	...
Woody Allen	...	Himself
Mel Brooks	...	Himself
Sid Caesar	...	Himself
Nanette Fabray	...	Herself
Larry Gelbart	...	Himself
Howard Morris	...	Himself
Carl Reiner	...	Himself
Danny Simon	...	Himself
Neil Simon	...	Himself
Mel Tolkin	...	Himself
Jakub Goldberg	...
Henryk Kluba	...

Summary: This simple but taut psychological thriller was the first full-length film from the great director Roman Polanski. A bickering couple pick up a hitchhiker, a good-looking young man whom they invite to go for a sail. But on the water the two men, separated by age, class, and experience, subtly and not-so-subtly jockey for status and fight for the attentions of the woman--a struggle that threatens to turn fatal. In Polanski's hands, this lean, spare movie, without any special effects or spectacular scenery, manages to lay bare the driving forces of machismo, envy, and marital spite. It's the beginning of a truly remarkable career that's ranged from the heights of Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown to the more dubious realms of Bitter Moon and The Ninth Gate. Knife in the Water is particularly significant to Polanski fans, but also a striking movie in its own right. --Bret Fetzer