18.10.15

the night porter (1974)

aka Il portiere di notte.
"It was a long time ago"
Holocaust survivor Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) chances upon one of her captors, ex-nazi Max (Dirk Bogarde), who is now a night porter in a hotel. Once over the shock, she falls back into an abusive and sadomasochistic relationship, mirroring the one they had whilst in the concentration camp.
Beautifully shot, but flawed Nazisploitation, held together by Bogardes performance.

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