The night porter : a film by Liliana Cavani /
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempts to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, it deftly examines the lasting social...
| Uniform Title: | Portiere di Notte (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
59. |
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| Summary: | A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempts to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, it deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with director Liliana Cavani; Women of the resistance, a fifty-minute 1965 documentary by Cavani; An essay by scholar Gaetana Marrone. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded leaflet |
| Format: | Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | Rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Alfio Contini; editor, Franco Arcalli; music, Daniele Paris; art director, Nedo Azzini, Jean-Marie Simon. |
| ISBN: | 9781604659283 1604659289 |