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6.7A 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.
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
Themes
- hotel
- uniform
- concentration camp
- eroticism
- sadomasochism
- flashback
- vienna, austria
- guilt
- woman director
- submission
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
16,314 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Italian
- Il portiere di notte
- Directed by
- Liliana Cavani
- Screenplay by
- Liliana Cavani Italo Moscati Barbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani
- Story by
- Liliana Cavani Barbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani
- Produced by
- Robert Gordon Edwards Esa De Simone
- Starring
- Dirk Bogarde Charlotte Rampling Philippe Leroy Gabriele Ferzetti
- Cinematography
- Alfio Contini
- Edited by
- Franco Arcalli
- Music by
- Daniele Paris
- Production company
- Lotar Film
- Distributed by
- Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico
- Release dates
- 3 April 1974 ( 1974-04-03 ) (France) 11 April 1974 ( 1974-04-11 ) (Italy)
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Country
- Italy
- Languages
- English German
- Box office
- $1.3 million (West Germany)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- erotic film
- Country of origin
- Austria
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- The Holocaust
- Director
- Liliana Cavani
- Cast member
- Robert Riettii
- Cinematographer
- Alfio Contini
- Narrative location
- Vienna
- Filming location
- Vienna
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 690722
- Image
- Il portiere di notte 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1981-07-23
- film editor
- Franco Arcalli
- title
- Il portiere di notte
- costume designer
- Piero Tosi
- distributed by
- The Criterion Collection
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 67%
- box office
- 633298
- Commons category
- Il portiere di notte
- set in period
- 1957
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Encyclopedic overview
The Night Porter (Italian: Il portiere di notte) is a 1974 Italian erotic psychological war drama film co-written and directed by Liliana Cavani. It stars Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling, with Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Isa Miranda in supporting roles. Set in Vienna in 1957, the film centers on the sadomasochistic relationship between a former Nazi concentration camp officer (Bogarde) and one of his inmates (Rampling).
The film's themes of sexual and sadomasochistic obsession, and its use of Holocaust imagery, have made the film controversial since its initial release, dividing critics over its artistic value. In July 2018, it was selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Night Porter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.