the cover of an issue featuring international cinema. It won the FIPRESCI Prize in 1962 Venice Film Festival. The film has been included in lists of the best debut feature films and was ranked number 61 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 97% approval rating based on 35 reviews, with an average score of 8.3/10. In 2014, Martin Scorsese selected Knife in the Water to be screened as part of the festival of Polish films in the United States and Canada entitled "Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema". In the 2015 poll conducted by Polish Museum of Cinematography in Łódź, Knife in the Water was ranked as the fourth greatest Polish film of all time. Home media Knife in the Water was released on VHS in 1996, and on DVD in 2003 by The Criterion Collection. Related works Knife in the Water was the basis for a low budget 2001 American film Kaaterskill Falls, set in the Catskill Mountains. Polański himself had an offer to make an English-language, colour remake, with a Hollywood cast (including Henry Fonda), but he refused, saying he did not want to do a remake of a movie that was already good. See also List of submissions to the 36th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Notes References Sources External links Knife in the Water at culture.pl Knife in the Water an essay by Peter Cowie at the Criterion Collection 1962 films 1962 directorial debut films 1962 drama films 1960s psychological thriller films Polish drama films Polish black-and-white films 1960s Polish-language films Films directed by Roman Polanski Sailing films Films scored by Krzysztof Komeda Films with screenplays by Jerzy Skolimowski Films with screenplays by Roman Polanski