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The Night Porter
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
1974 · Directed by Liliana Cavani · 118 min · War · Drama · Romance · 17 frames
Tagline
The Most Controversial Picture of Our Time!
Crew
- Screenplay: Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati, Amedeo Pagani, Barbara Alberti
- Cinematography: Alfio Contini
- Edited by: Franco Arcalli
- Music: Daniele Paris
- Produced by: Esa De Simone, Robert Gordon Edwards
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Max
- Charlotte Rampling as Lucia
- Philippe Leroy as Klaus
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Hans
- Giuseppe Addobbati as Stumm
- Isa Miranda as Countess Stein
- Nino Bignamini as Adolph
- Marino Masé as Atherton
- Amadeo Amodio as Bert
- Piero Vida as Day Porter
Production
- Country: Italy, France
- Language: German, Latin, English
- Studios: Lotar Film Productions, Les Productions Artistes Associés
- Themes: hotel, uniform, concentration camp, eroticism, sadomasochism, flashback, vienna, austria, guilt, woman director, submission
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