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Title:
The night porter [DVD video]
Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert (47 cm x 37 cm)
ISBN:
9781604659290
Abstract:
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempts to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, it deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Special features: Women of the resistance = La donna nella resistenza / directed by Liliana Cavani (50 min. documentary from 1965, director interviews a variety of women who participated in the Italian resistance and survived the German invasion of Italy in World War II); Liliana Cavani (new interview with director Liliana Cavani about the making of the film). Insert features an essay by scholar Gaetana Marrone and an excerpt from a 1975 interview with Cavani.
Performers:
Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda, Nino Bignamini, Marino Masé, Amedeo Amodio, Piero Vida, Geoffrey Copleston, Manfred Freiberger, Ugo Cardea, Hilda Gunther, Nora Ricci, Piero Mazzinghi, Kai S. Seefeld.
Technical Details:
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Corporate Subject:
Geographic Term:
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
