Tenant (The)
Original Title
Le Locataire- Director: Roman Polanski
- Writer: Gerard Brach; Roman Polanski
- Producer: Hercules Bellville; Andrew Braunsberg
CGiii Comment
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.
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Cast & Characters
Roman Polanski as Trelkovsky;
Isabelle Adjani as Stella;
Melvyn Douglas as Monsieur Zy;
Jo Van Fleet as Madame Dioz;
Bernard Fresson as Scope;
Lila Kedrova as Madame Gaderian;
Claude Dauphin as Husband at the accident;
Claude Pieplu as Neighbor;
Rufus as Georges Badar;
Romain Bouteille as Simon;
Jacques Monod as Cafe Owner;
Patrice Alexsandre as Robert;
Jean-Pierre Bagot as Policeman;
Josiane Balasko as Office Worker;
Michel Blanc as Scope's Neighbor