The night porter
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Cavani, Liliana, film director,
Levine, Joseph E., presenter.
Edwards, Robert Gordon, film producer.
De Simone, Esa, film producer.
Moscati, Italo, screenwriter.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert (47 cm x 37 cm). 
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Main Library - Media
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515132916

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
General Note
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.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Franco Arcalli ; director of photography, Alfio Contini ; music composed and conducted by Daniele Paris ; art direction, Jean Marie Simon, Nedo Azzini ; costumes designed by Piero Tosi.
Participants/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.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Language
English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.

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