The Night Porter
The Most Controversial Picture of Our Time!
1974 | 118m | Italian
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Liliana Cavani |
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| Writer: | Amedeo Pagani, Barbara Alberti, Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati |
| Staring: |
| A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 03, 1974 |
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| Director: | Liliana Cavani |
| Writer: | Amedeo Pagani, Barbara Alberti, Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, War |
| Keywords | hotel, concentration camp, eroticism, uniform, sadomasochism, flashback, vienna, austria, guilt, woman director, submission, sexual dysfunction, dominance submissiveness, 1950s, porter, nazi war criminal |
| Production Companies | Les Productions Artistes Associés, Lotar Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Aug 08, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dirk Bogarde | Max |
| Charlotte Rampling | Lucia |
| Philippe Leroy | Klaus |
| Gabriele Ferzetti | Hans |
| Giuseppe Addobbati | Stumm |
| Isa Miranda | Countess Stein |
| Nino Bignamini | Adolph |
| Marino Masé | Atherton |
| Amadeo Amodio | Bert |
| Piero Vida | Day Porter |
| Geoffrey Copleston | Kurt |
| Manfred Freyberger | Dobson |
| Ugo Cardea | Mario |
| Hilda Gunther | Greta |
| Nora Ricci | The Neighbor |
| Piero Mazzinghi | Concierge |
| Kai-Siegfried Seefeld | Jacob |
| Luigi Antonio Guerra | Bit role (uncredited) |
| Carlo Mangano | Porter (uncredited) |
| Anthony Forwood | Opera Audience (uncredited) |
| Alvaro Tei | Hotel Guest |
| Tonino Tommasi | Hotel Guest |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Fernando Caso | Sound Effects Editor |
| Amedeo Pagani | Screenplay, Story |
| Paola Tallarigo | Assistant Director |
| Barbara Alberti | Screenplay, Story |
| Franco Arcalli | Editor |
| Jole Cecchini | Makeup Artist |
| Roberto Arcangeli | Sound Effects |
| Alfio Contini | Director of Photography |
| Daniele Paris | Original Music Composer |
| Jean Marie Simon | Art Direction |
| Euclide Santoli | Makeup Artist |
| Eugenio Rondani | Sound Designer |
| Johannes Freisinger | Assistant Director |
| Liliana Cavani | Screenplay, Story, Director |
| Piero Tosi | Costume Design |
| Nedo Azzini | Art Direction |
| Cesare Paciotti | Makeup Artist |
| Michael Billingsley | Sound Editor |
| Franco Cirino | Assistant Director |
| Italo Moscati | Screenplay |
| Osvaldo Desideri | Set Decoration |
| Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Decio Trani | Sound Designer |
| Mario Garriba | Second Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Gordon Edwards | Producer |
| Esa De Simone | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 13 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 11 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 918 | 918 |