Famous for its provocation and frankness, the Night Porter tape turned out to be not as vulgar and vulgar as public opinion was broadcasting, well, as one might think based on the annotation. Although the film certainly touches on topics that are not usually talked about, Stockholm Syndrome aggravated by sadomasochistic relationships is far from the only problem.
The film attempts to reveal the psychology of people who were once important members of the SS. Moreover, the psychology of people who, even after the collapse of the Nazi regime and the beginning of the criminal prosecution, did not change their position in life. And the tape does not blindly condemn them, but tries to figure out what exactly made them so. Liliana Cavani is also trying to answer the difficult question of why the victim of violence does not try to change anything, even being free.
It's not too easy to watch a movie now, you can still feel the difference in the pace of life in the seventies and now. What is happening seems to be unnecessarily drawn out and unhurried. Although the individual scenes still make a lasting impression on the viewer, this is not only the legendary dance scene.
Oddly enough, the tape has not lost its relevance in our days, and you definitely cannot refuse it in courage.