The Tenant (1976 film)

The Tenant
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLe Locataire
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Directed byRoman Polanski
Screenplay by
Based onThe Tenant
by Roland Topor
Produced byAndrew Braunsberg
Starring
CinematographySven Nykvist
Edited byFrançoise Bonnot
Music byPhilippe Sarde
Production
company
Marianne Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures (through Cinema International Corporation)
Release date
  • 26 May 1976 (1976-05-26)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryFrance
Languages
  • English
  • French
Box office$5.1 million

The Tenant (French: Le Locataire) is a 1976 French psychological horror thriller film directed by and starring Roman Polanski from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gérard Brach, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Roland Topor. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova, Claude Dauphin and Shelley Winters. It is the final installment in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy", following Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968).