The Night Porter is one of the most provocative and haunting films ever made. Dirk Bogarde gives a characteristically charismatic performance as a former Gestapo officer who has escaped his past by becoming the Night Porter of a hotel in Vienna. Guilt and remorse flood back when he meets Lucia (Charlotte Ramplping), his former lover with whom he shared a bizarre sado-masochistic relationship in the concentration camp where he was master and she was captive. Their relationship is rekindled, but they are surrounded by former Gestapo officers who will stop their clandestine affair, at any cost. The Night Porter is a brilliant account of a love born out of hatred and furtive passion.