The Night Porter

The Night Porter

1974 · 118 min · IT · 6.7 (386 votes)
Dir. Liliana Cavani · Starring Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda · Music Daniele Paris

The Most Controversial Picture of Our Time!

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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.

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A deeply disturbing and erotically charged exploration of inescapable trauma. The film feels like a fever dream, a suffocating descent into the twisted dynamics of guilt and obsession that linger long after the credits roll.

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