The Night Porter
The Night Porter
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1h 58m
Directed by Liliana Cavani • 1974 • Italy
Starring Charlotte Rampling, Dirk Bogarde
In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her former torturer and lover (Dirk Bogarde) 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. Operatic and disturbing, THE NIGHT PORTER deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.
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Liliana Cavani on THE NIGHT PORTER
In this interview, conducted in Rome in 2014, director Liliana Cavani muses on various aspects of the making of THE NIGHT PORTER.
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WOMEN OF THE RESISTANCE Introduction
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Women of the Resistance
Directed by Liliana Cavani • 1965 • Italy
Made for Italian television, this powerful documentary by iconoclastic auteur Liliana Cavani profiles a number of women who participated in the Italian Resistance and survived the German invasion of Italy during World War II. Cited by Cavani as the inspi...
