The Night Porter
The Night Porter is a 1974 English-language Italian erotic psychological war drama film. Directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, the film 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).
Plot
During World War II, Maximilian Theo Aldorfer, a Nazi SS officer who had posed as a doctor to take sensational photographs in concentration camps, and Lucia, a teenage girl interned in a concentration camp due to her father's Socialist political ties, had an ambiguous sadomasochistic relationship. Max tormented Lucia, but also acted as her protector.
More details
| author | Italo Moscati Liliana Cavani |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Vienna |
| director | Liliana Cavani |
| editor | Franco Arcalli |
| events | The Holocaust World War II |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | build bully claim concentration camp follow free will grocery store hide little girl marlene dietrich married mock trial nazi nazi collaborator nazism orchestra conductor past love ration sadomasochism sadomasochistic salome schutzstaffel severed head socialism socialist ss officer teenage girl war crimes |
| musicBy | Daniele Paris |
| producer | Esa De Simone Robert Gordon Edwards |
| productionCompany | Lotar Film |
| publisher | Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico |
| recordedAt | Vienna |
| theme | lgbt-related narrative psychological drama |