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The Night Porter

1974 · 118 min

A cold, unsettling plunge into obsessive desire and historical shame, demanding patience and leaving a lingering unease.

Tagline
The Most Controversial Picture of Our Time!
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • power
  • trauma
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
war, drama, romance
Directed by
Liliana Cavani
Written by
Liliana Cavani, Barbara Alberti, Italo Moscati, Amedeo Pagani
Starring
Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda, Nino Bignamini, Marino Masé
Music
Daniele Paris
Cinematography
Alfio Contini
Runtime
118 min
Country
Italy, France
Languages
German, Latin, English

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