
- Country: Brazil, Netherlands
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 1972-10-05
- Director: George Sluizer
- Writers: Odylo Costa Filho
- Language: Portuguese
- Stars: Joffre Soares , Ana Maria Miranda , Joao-Augusto Azevedo , Douglas Santos
- Runtime: 96 min
- Awards: 2 nominations
- AKA: A Faca E o Rio (Brazil) , João i nóż (Poland) , João en het mes , João and the Knife , A Faca e o Rio (Brazil) , John, the Knife and the River (United States of America)
- Plot:
Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the interior to make money, so she will at least have a good life. When he returns, he is told she has a three-year-old daughter. He buys himself a knife. Suspense movie with a combination of ethnography, adventure and dramatic action, based on a poem by the Brazilian writer Odylo Costa Filho.
- IMDB:tt0068779
John, the Knife and the River Cast · · · ALL

George Sluizer
Director

Joffre Soares
João

Ana Maria Miranda
Maria
Douglas Santos
Zeferino
João Batista
Deodato
Áurea Campos
Dona Ana