3 Movies Starring Roman Polanski

Weekend of a Champion

Weekend of a Champion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-09-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

80 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (234 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Fullplot:

Filmmaker Roman Polanski spends a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he attempts to win the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix, offering an extraordinarily rare glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete at the height of his powers.

The Tenant

The Tenant

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-06-11

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (25075 Reviews)

Director:

Roman Polanski

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Roland Topor (novel)

Gèrard Brach (screenplay)

Roman Polanski (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In Paris, the shy bureaucrat Trelkovsky rents an old apartment without bathroom where the previous tenant, the Egyptologist Simone Choule, committed suicide. The unfriendly concierge (Shelley Winters) and the tough landlord Mr. Zy establish stringent rules of behavior and Trelkovsky feels ridden by his neighbors. Meanwhile he visits Simone in the hospital and befriends her girlfriend Stella. After the death of Simone, Trelkovsky feels obsessed for her and believes his landlord and neighbors are plotting a scheme to force him to also commit suicide.

A Pure Formality

A Pure Formality

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-05-26

Languages:

French

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (6172 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Giuseppe Tornatore (story)

Giuseppe Tornatore (screenplay)

Pascal Quignard (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious. Through interrogatory dialectic, the head of this lonely, isolated, broken-down police station tries to establish what has happened, by delving into the mind of his writer-hero, and clearing up a mysterious killing.

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