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In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her former torturer and lover (Dirk Bogarde) working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cavani, Liliana (Author, Screenwriter), Alberti, Barbara (Author), Pagani, Amedeo (Author)
Corporate Authors: Ital Noleggio Cinematografico, Lotar Film, Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Moscati, Italo (Screenwriter), Contini, Alfio (director of photography.), Paris, Daniele (composer (expression)), Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999 (Actor), Rampling, Charlotte, 1946- (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English captioning.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Subjects:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. > Schutzstaffel > Drama.
Nazi concentration camp guards > Sexual behavior > Drama.
Nazi concentration camp inmates > Sexual behavior > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Sadomasochism > Drama.
Vienna (Austria) > Drama.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. > Schutzstaffel.
Man-woman relationships.
Sadomasochism.
Austria > Vienna.
Crime films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romance films.
Films criminels.
Films d'amour.
Films de fiction.
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Summary:In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her former torturer and lover (Dirk Bogarde) 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. Operatic and disturbing, The Night Porter deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 119 min.) : sound, color
Playing Time:01:58:20
Production Credits:Director of photography, Alfio Contini ; editor, Franco Arcalli ; music, Daniele Paris.