A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Claude Piéplu
- Neighbor
- (as Claude Pieplu)
Louba Guertchikoff
- Wife at accident
- (as Louba Chazel)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAlong with Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968) this film is part of a loose trilogy by Roman Polanski dealing with the horrors faced by apartment and city dwellers.
- GoofsWhen Trelkovsky is unpacking as he moves into the apartment, a crew member is reflected in the small mirror adjacent to the kitchen sink. Two crew members are then reflected in the armoire's mirror as Trelkovsky opens it.
- Quotes
Trelkovsky: [while looking at himself in the mirror] Beautiful. Adorable. Goddess. Divine. Divine! I think I'm pregnant.
- Crazy creditsThe film has no end credits; only the Paramount logo.
- Alternate versionsAlthough the UK cinema version was complete the 1986 CIC video was cut by 6 secs by the BBFC to remove a brief extract of the banned nunchaku scene from Enter the Dragon (1973) (seen by Trelkovsky and Stella during a cinema visit). The cuts were fully waived in the 2004 Paramount DVD.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Revanche (1983)
- SoundtracksCour D'Immeuble
Written and Performed by Philippe Sarde Et Orchestre
Featured review
How can I be so devoted to this film? I'm a fairly ordinary person with a very regular life, so, why am I drawn to this darkness. "The Tenant", "Rosemary's Baby", "Kiss Of The Spider Woman", "Apartment Zero" are films I've seen many, many times. All of them terrifying in their own way. Last night, I saw "The Tenant" again for the nth time. I was as riveted and unsettled as I was the very first time I saw it. There is something about playing with our inner-fears without actually confirm or deny anything that makes it a genre of its own. A provocation of sorts. If Polansky is unique behind the camera he is also remarkable in front of it. His performance here is a tragic-comic creation of the first order. For film lovers all over the world, this is a real must see!
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- Also known as
- Stanar
- Filming locations
- Rue la Bruyère, Paris 9, Paris, France(apartment building at N°39)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,924,733
- Gross worldwide
- $1,924,733
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