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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 .. Read more

Starring	Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling
Director	Liliana Cavani
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Like Last Tango in Paris, an operatic celebration of sexual disgust, set in 1957 in a Viennese hotel where Bogarde... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 16
  - 5
  Dreadful quality print
  
  The film is dated, but still holds its own. What is unforgivable though is the quality of the telecine. It looks like a really poor NTSC VHS dub - smeary and ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Beasley
  - Essex, ENgland
  - 15 Nov 2006 at 02:03
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- - 0
  - 2
  Pretty dull
  
  Found this quite tedious and a little pointless. Finished it thinking I wouldn't be getting the last few hours of my life back! I would say don't bother... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 04 Jan 2012 at 20:43
- - 0
  - 0
  A Night At The Oper
  
  Despite this ‘print’ having the appearance of a bad pirate copy, The Night Porter manages to remain an intriguing story, not shying away from ... read more »
  
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- 1074489
- - Robinski
  - 132 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 18 Dec 2011 at 22:14
- - 0
  - 3
  Sexy story about concentration camps. Wow.
  
  Charlotte Rampling gives lots of knowing half-smiles in this, but what is it she knows? Is it that she always knew, even when she was being sexually assaulted ... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 147 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 06 Oct 2011 at 15:56
- - 0
  - 0
  This films relevance in todays world
  
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  Shocking and revolutionary in the 1950's but long winded and slow by todays standards.
  
  Deals with difficult questions that could be equally ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 27 Sep 2011 at 13:47
- - 0
  - 0
  Night porter needs a night off
  
  Really very disappointing.
  
  Dirk & Charlotte do their best, and that is not inconsiderable but the script, direction and just about everything ... read more »
  
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- - kgb
  - 2 reviews
  - Freshwater Bay
  - 13 Aug 2011 at 23:30
- - 0
  - 1
  Dated and irrelevent
  
  I forget why I rented this film now, it was ages on the waiting list. Umm, it's pretty poor really. Aside from the content of the film, the production is ... read more »
  
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  - oxon
  - 03 May 2011 at 19:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Controversial but boring.
  
  This very famous film was controversial when it was first released and its premise still packs a punch.
  
  It suggests a former concentrate inmate who ... read more »
  
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- - MikeLaughton
  - 85 reviews
  - Oakham,England
  - 13 Apr 2011 at 17:15
- - 1
  - 0
  Sadomasochistic romance
  
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  I think that this is a film which you either love or hate. In its favour, it has some incredible acting from DIrk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling. However, I had... read more »
  
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- - Ferry41
  - 171 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 07 Feb 2011 at 16:50
- - 0
  - 0
  The Night Porter
  
  I watched this online and do not know if the disc transfers is as bad as this one, probably the worst I can ever remember seeing.
  
  Having said that ... read more »
  
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  - 31 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 14 Oct 2010 at 00:41
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  You Must Follw Ze Orders
  
  Wow, you gotta watch this one. Comparable to a very un-PC Secretary which is also a good film :)
  
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- - muzz
  - 40 reviews
  - Invergordon
  - 19 Dec 2009 at 15:34
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- - 16
  - 5
  Dreadful quality print
  
  The film is dated, but still holds its own. What is unforgivable though is the quality of the telecine. It looks like a really poor NTSC VHS dub - smeary and ... read more »
  
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- 384991
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Beasley
  - Essex, ENgland
  - 15 Nov 2006 at 02:03
- - 11
  - 0
  A Great Film
  
  A rather unusual love story perhaps, who can say, but a love story it is, and based on actual events...very romantic with haunting music that lingers in the ... read more »
  
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- - James McCarthy
  - Kingston
  - 23 Jan 2007 at 11:55
- - 7
  - 0
  Wow!
  
  Great film with a fantastic script. Rampling is amazing in this role and so i Bogarde. I really recommend you to watch this one!
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 16 Oct 2006 at 11:16
- - 7
  - 1
  Customer Review
  
  The night porter review
  
  Many were initially drawn to the controversy of it; there is also the idea of a matinee star aging and quietly making these ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 5
  - 0
  Cinematic Art
  
  This is not really a film about Nazis, nor is it a film about sex. Although both are contained within it. The sex acts are not sensual or sexually provocative. ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Somerset
  - 23 Feb 2008 at 15:26
- - 4
  - 0
  what a mish-mash!
  
  Really! I love Dirk Bogarde as an intelligent presence on any screen and Charlotte Rampling is, even today, still very lovely, but this film doesn't seem to... read more »
  
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- - theloudestshirt
  - 3 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 22 Feb 2008 at 16:12
- - 4
  - 0
  Customer Review
  
  We have the Criterion DVD version of Night Porter, but this version got such good reviews that we thought we'd rent it to compare. We've just watched ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
  - 0
  Night sickness
  
  Although brilliantly acted I found this a completely disgusting film. Dirk Bogarde is convincing in the role of the ex-Nazi concentration camp guard, ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Feb 2009 at 10:47
- - 1
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  You Must Follw Ze Orders
  
  Wow, you gotta watch this one. Comparable to a very un-PC Secretary which is also a good film :)
  
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- - muzz
  - 40 reviews
  - Invergordon
  - 19 Dec 2009 at 15:34
- - 1
  - 0
  Sadomasochistic romance
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  I think that this is a film which you either love or hate. In its favour, it has some incredible acting from DIrk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling. However, I had... read more »
  
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- 961863
- - Ferry41
  - 171 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 07 Feb 2011 at 16:50

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  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 (...