Charlotte Rampling, Dirk Bogarde, Gabriele Ferzetti
Thirteen years after WWII a concentration camp survivor (Rampling) and her tormentor, currently the night porter at a Vienna hotel, meet again and fall back into their sado-masochistic relationship.
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If I assembled a list of my favorite sadomasochistic Nazi co-dependency films made prior to 1975 that featured topless dancers is SS uniforms, this would definitely be in the top five.
starts off slowly and ineffectual. by midway it's turned into some erotic nightmare or dream depending on your point of view and by the finale you realise you've just watched a doomed nazi love story. interesting. i will have to keep my eyes open for anything else directed by lil...( read more)
As far as stories about erotic S&M-tinged relationships between a nazi and his lover/camp prisoner go, this one tries to be classy about it. As far as disturbing content in this one, I honestly wasn't too disturbed or moved. She wants to be in a relationship with this person and ...( read more)
I wanted to watch this film because the original argument, and the pity is that they could have achieved either a good erotic film and a reflection about the relations about victims and executioners, and they only got both objectives in a partial way.
Borderline exploitative but there's a nice classy dramatic touch that separates it from the genre. Overall a really good exploration of a very odd relationship.
I had wanted to watch this film for quite some time before I ever bought it. When I finally got it and watched it, I had no idea I would love it as much as I did. THE NIGHT PORTER is a beautifully composed masterpiece whose 1.85:1 widescreen frame is wonderfully utilized. The sto...( read more)
Love this movie. Was lucky enough to recently get a big 27" by 43" (or somesuch) size poster of it, framed it, proud owner of Criterion version. I have to admit that after 30 years later the famous flashback scene to the concentration camp looks a bit like a Siouxsie & the Banshees video...
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