Isabelle Adjani
Stella
Melvyn Douglas
Monsieur Zy
Jo Van Fleet
Madame Dioz
Bernard Fresson
Scope
Shelley Winters
Concierge
Lila Kedrova
Madame Gaderian
Claude Dauphin
Husband at accident
Claude Piéplu
Neighbour
Rufus
Georges Badar
Romain Bouteille
Simon
Gérard Jugnot
Office Clerk
Josiane Balasko
Viviane, Office Worker
Michel Blanc
Scope's Neighbor
Jacques Monod
Cafe Owner
Patrice Alexsandre
Robert
Jean-Pierre Bagot
Policeman
Florence Blot
Madame Zy
Louba Guertchikoff
Wife at accident
Jacques Chevalier
PatronJacky Cohen
Stella's friend
David Gabison
Witness at accident
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Bar waiter
Alain Frérot
Begger
Raoul Guylad
Priest
Éva Ionesco
Bettina, Madame Gaderian's daughter
Héléna Manson
Head Nurse
Maïté Nahyr
Lucille
André Penvern
Cafe waiterGérard Pereira
DrunkDominique Poulange
Simone Choule
Jacques Rosny
Jean-ClaudeSerge Spira
Philippe
Vanessa Vaylord
Martine
François Viaur
Police Sergeant
Albert Delpy
Neighbor (uncredited)
Marie-Christine Descouard
One of the women at the bar (uncredited)
Released
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$5,100,000.00
- #suicide
- #paris, france
- #identity
- #psychopath
- #paranoia
- #hallucination
- #identity crisis
- #lodger
- #neighbor
- #tenant
- #descent into madness
- #cross dressing
- #psychological thriller
- #apartment building
- #noisy neighbor
- #handjob
- #death of neighbor
- #next door neighbor
- #nosy neighbor
- #tooth extraction
- #jumping from height
- #creepy neighbor
- #jumping from a window
- #psychological disintegration
- #paranoid thriller
- #rented rooms
- #personality change
- #psychological horror
Reviews
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