On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
Acting
Donald Pleasence's full-body cringe as George is unforgettable.
Direction
Polanski turns a single location into a pressure cooker of humiliation.
Cinematography
Bleak Lindisfarne landscapes vs. suffocating castle interiors.
Director
Roman Polanski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Françoise Dorléac was Catherine Deneuve's older sister; she died in a car accident the following year at 25.
Polanski called this his favorite of his own films — a 'pure' work before Hollywood corrupted him, he claimed.
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