Directed by:
Liliana CavaniCinematography:
Alfio ContiniCast:
Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Isa Miranda, Nora Ricci, Marino Masé, Robert Rietty, Giuseppe Addobbati (more)VOD (1)
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Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a night porter in a Vienna hotel in the 1950's. When beautiful Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) checks in, they recognise each other from a terrible past; Max was an SS officer in a Nazi concentration camp who had abused and tortured the then teenage Lucia, a prisoner. Lucia is traveling with her husband, an orchestra conductor and when he leaves to continue his tour, Lucia stays behind as she and Max find themselves compelled to renew their former, intense, sadomasochistic relationship. Max is a reluctant member of a group of former SS who are ruthlessly covering up their pasts. They soon consider Lucia a threat and urge Max to hand her over. He refuses and hides out with Lucia, while his former comrades enact their threats. This is the story of an obsessive passion, an 'amour-fou' which compels two lovers to be together - despite their lucid awareness of contravening all morality, even their own, and the certainty of their oncoming tragic destiny. (Cult Films)
(more)Cast
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
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The Damned (1969)
Charlotte Rampling
UK
Best movies:
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Philippe Leroy
France
Best movies:
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Gabriele Ferzetti
Italy
Best movies:
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The Adventure (1960)
Isa Miranda
Italy
Best movies:
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Nora Ricci
Italy
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Beautiful (1951)
Marino Masé
Italy
Best movies:
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Robert Rietty
UK
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Giuseppe Addobbati
Italy
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The Conformist (1970)
War and Peace (1956)
Manfred Freyberger
Italy
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The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Bread and Chocolate (1973)
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Piero Vida
Italy
Best movies:
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Nostalgia (1983)
The Moro Affair (1986)
Geoffrey Copleston
UK
Best movies:
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
The Night Porter (1974)
Nino Bignamini
Italy
Best movies:
Dark Eyes (1987)
The Night Porter (1974)
Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
Best movies:
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
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