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The Night Porter
a.k.a. Il Portiere di Notte Director: Liliana Cavani Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti

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  • DVD Release Date: 03/28/2000
  • Original Release: 1974
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 270

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New widescreen digital transfer; English subtitles; Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

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Side #1 --
0. Chapters
1. Logos/Opening Credits [2:15]
2. Fried Food and Mouthwash [2:31]
3. Lucia's Arrival [2:27]
4. Mineral Water, Very Cold [2:29]
5. "You seem strange" [3:41]
6. "Do you recognize anybody?" [2:44]
7. Dancing for Max [6:00]
8. Disaster of the First Violinist [2:00]
9. Mario's Restaurant [3:07]
10. The Magic Flute [6:01]
11. The Morning After [3:27]
12. Shopping [3:31]
13. The Church Mouse [7:18]
14. Calling Frankfurt [10:53]
15. The Funeral [1:23]
16. Lucia Checks Out [7:22]
17. "It's a story from the Bible" [9:55]
18. Broken Glass [3:59]
19. "I'm here of my own free will" [5:25]
20. Noises in the Night [2:57]
21. A Game for Freaks [2:06]
22. Max Quits His Job [3:27]
23. Desperate Measures [5:19]
24. Strawberry Marmalade [3:51]
25. "Send me a box of chocolates" [5:00]
26. Blackout [5:00]
27. A Morning Stroll/Closing Credits [3:01]

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Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a discreet, unassuming night porter working in a posh hotel in Vienna in 1957, tending to the guests' needs, from cold water to a bed-warming gigolo. Then Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) arrives at the hotel, on the arm of her husband, an American composer, and Max's past comes flooding back to him. It turns out Max was an S.S. officer at a Nazi concentration camp where Lucia was a beautiful young prisoner. She became, in effect, Max's sexual slave. Now, years later, their reunion shatters both of their lives. Lucia stays in Vienna after her husband travels on, in order to see Max, and they find themselves caught up in a renewal of their former sadomasochistic relationship. Max has an upcoming show trial for his war crimes. His former S.S. comrades have been carefully destroying documents and "filing away" witnesses to clear all their names, and, while Max tries to keep Lucia's existence a secret from them, they eventually find out about her. They consider her a threat, and they urge Max to turn her over to them. He quits his job, and he and Lucia hide out in his apartment, while his former friends keep watch. Liliana Cavani (Ripley's Game) co-wrote and directed this controversial film, Il Portiere di notte, which she reportedly based partly on her own interviews with a Holocaust survivor. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide

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