night lights
night porter wse general title
% max dirk bogarde is a discreet unassuming night porter working in a posh hotel in vienna in 1957 tending to the guests needs from cold water to a bed warming gigolo . then % lucia charlotte rampling arrives at the hotel on the arm of her husband an american composer and % max s past comes flooding back to him . it turns out % max was an s.s. officer at a nazi concentration camp where % lucia was a beautiful young prisoner . she became in effect % max s sexual slave . now years later their reunion shatters both of their lives . % lucia stays in vienna after her husband travels on in order to see % max and they find themselves caught up in a renewal of their former sadomasochistic relationship . % max has an upcoming show trial for his war crimes . his former s.s. comrades have been carefully destroying documents and filing away witnesses to clear all their names and while % max tries to keep % lucia s existence a secret from them they eventually find out about her . they consider her a threat and they urge % max to turn her over to them . he quits his job and he and % lucia hide out in his apartment while his former friends keep watch . liliana cavani ripleys game co wrote and directed this controversial film il portiere di notte which she reportedly based partly on her own interviews with a holocaust survivor . josh ralske all movie guide . br br new widescreen digital transferenglish subtitlesoptimal image quality rsdl dual layer edition . br br new widescreen digital transferenglish subtitlesoptimal image quality rsdl dual layer edition .