The Night Porter

“The Most Controversial Picture of Our Time!”

Vienna, 1957. Max (Dirk Bogarde) works the night desk at a grand hotel, a quiet man with a past he has told no one. When Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) checks in on her husband's arm, he recognizes her at once: she was his prisoner in the camp, and he was the officer who held power over her. Liliana Cavani follows the two of them back toward each other, while Max's former SS comrades begin watching them both.