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The Tenant

The Tenant

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

19767.62h 6m

Overview

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

Directed by Roman Polanski
Written by Roland Topor, Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski
Produced by Andrew Braunsberg
Box Office0Revenue: $5.1M

Top 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

Themes & Keywords

suicideparis, franceidentitypsychopathparanoiahallucinationidentity crisislodgerneighbortenantdescent into madnesscross dressingpsychological thrillerapartment buildingnoisy neighborhandjobdeath of neighbornext door neighbornosy neighbortooth extractionjumping from heightcreepy neighborjumping from a windowpsychological disintegrationparanoid thrillerrented roomspersonality changepsychological horror

About The Tenant

The Tenant is a thriller, mystery, drama film released in 1976 exploring themes of suicide, paris, france, identity, psychopath, paranoia, hallucination. Directed by Roman Polanski, it stars Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas. 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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