A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna....
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.
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67 %33 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
68 %5,413 reviewsAudience score rating
"The Night Porter is as nasty as it is lubricious, a despicable attempt to titillate us by exploiting memories of persecution and suffering."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"The movie's visual virtues are negated by infinite absurdities -- particularly by the sentimentality with which the director views this luckless couple."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A strange, brooding tale."
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Variety
Variety"A strange and unforgettable picture that questions deeply the psyches of torturers and the tortured."
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TV Guide
TV Guide"Perhaps there is something in its very crassness, horror and tastelessness that does at least jolt us towards an acknowledgment of pure evil."
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The Guardian
The GuardianThe Night Porter (1973) | Details
- Runtime
- 118
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Country of origin
- Italy
