The Tenant (French: Le locataire) is a 1976 French psychological horror thriller film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay he co-wrote with the late Gérard Brach, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by the late Roland Topor. The film stars Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, the late Melvyn Douglas, the late Jo Van Fleet, the late Bernard Fresson, the late Lila Kedrova, the late Claude Dauphin and the late Shelley Winters.
In Paris, isolated Eastern European émigré Trelkovsky (Roman Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old building whose inhabitants regard him with suspicion and even outright hostility. When he learns that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful woman, tried to commit suicide by jumping out the window, Trelkovsky begins to identify with her in increasingly disturbing ways. Then, to make matters even worse, he reaches the conclusion that his new neighbors are plotting to kill him.
Victims[]
- Simone Choule - Died from injuries after a failed suicide by jumping from the apartment window off-screen, mentioned.
- Lucien Marin - Shot by his tenants off-screen, mentioned.
- Lech Trelkovsky - Died from injuries after a failed suicide by jumping from the apartment window twice.
Deaths[]
- Total - 3
- 2 Male
- 1 Female