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Writers:
Barbara Alberti (story)
Liliana Cavani (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 October 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Most Controversial Picture of Our Time!
Plot:
Thirteen years after WWII a concentration camp survivor (Rampling) and her tormentor, currently the night porter at a Vienna hotel... more | add synopsis
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Unprincipled Hacks and Imperious Haughties
(From Vanity Fair. 29 April 2009, 11:50 AM, PDT)
GQ magazine names the sexiest 25 women in film ever
(From BoxWish. 16 October 2008, 3:57 AM, PDT)
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I can't get this out of my head! more (60 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dirk Bogarde | ... | Maximilian Theo Aldorfer | |
| Charlotte Rampling | ... | Lucia Atherton | |
| Philippe Leroy | ... | Klaus | |
| Gabriele Ferzetti | ... | Hans | |
| Giuseppe Addobbati | ... | Stumm | |
| Isa Miranda | ... | Countess Stein | |
| Nino Bignamini | ... | Adolph | |
| Marino Masé | ... | Atherton | |
| Amedeo Amodio | ... | Bert | |
| Piero Vida | ... | Day Porter | |
| Geoffrey Copleston | ... | Kurt | |
| Manfred Freyberger | ... | Dobson (as Manfred Freiberger) | |
| Ugo Cardea | ... | Mario | |
| Hilda Gunther | ... | Greta | |
| Nora Ricci | ... | The Neighbor |
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The Night Porter (USA)
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Runtime:
118 min | Argentina:116 min | Italy:115 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Japan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (1975) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | UK:X (original rating)
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According to an interview given by Charlotte Rampling on the National Public Radio program "Fresh Air", the scene where she dances and sings topless in a Nazi outfit was the first scene filmed. more
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Referenced in Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV) more
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Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte more
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I saw this film quite by accident last night on IFC and have been walking around in a state of near tears ever since. What really struck me about the story was not the sadomasochistic aspect which I actually found to be rather minor, (He slaps her around a bit and there is a scene where she is chained to a bed), but rather the tenderness and love shown by Max. He calls her "his little girl" throughout the movie and indeed that seems to be the most accurate description of his feelings. I couldn't help thinking of Lolita and indeed it is a similar idea. In both stories the man is both the tormentor and the tormented. Because he is in a position of absolute power of course he is the exploiter, but also it is almost as though he is held captive by "her", the illusive girl/child/women he want to both take care of the way one would a daughter and also penetrate like a lover. And in both stories this proves of course to be impossible as the mans very nature (in one case he is a pedophile, in another a Nazi) prevents it from being so.