THE NIGHT PORTER

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Lucia Atherton, a concentration camp survivor originally from Austria, is the wife of an American orchestra conductor. In 1957, she recognises the night porter in a Viennese hotel as the SS officer, former Nazi Maximilian Aldorfer, who tormented her in the camp. He in turn immediately recognises the young woman, with whom he had a sado-masochistic relationship when she was a prisoner. They resume their mutually dependent relationship. When a group of ex-Nazis in Vienna starts looking for Lucia in order to eliminate the unwelcome witness to their crimes, Max takes her to his apartment. Gradually, the previous balance of power between the two shifts, while the pursuers lurk outside.

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MA in Film Studies / Department of Italian

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Mon 17 Jun 201918:30Spazju KreattivADD BOOK NOW
Thu 20 Jun 201916:00Spazju KreattivADD BOOK NOW

Director(s): Liliana CAVANI

Cast: Dirk BOGARDE, Charlotte RAMPLING, Philippe LEROY, Gabriele FERZETTI

Producer(s):  Robert Gordon EDWARDS, Esa DE SIMONE based on a story by Barbara ALBERTI, Liliana CAVANI, Amedeo PAGANI

Screenplay: Liliana CAVANI, Italo MOSCATI

Cinematographer: Alfio CONTINI

Country(ies): Italy

Languages: English

Drama –  119 min

 

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