"A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them."
Dirk Bogarde
as Max
Charlotte Rampling
as Lucia
Philippe Leroy
as Klaus
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Hans
Giuseppe Addobbati
as Stumm
Isa Miranda
as Countess Stein
Nino Bignamini
as Adolph
Marino Masé
as Atherton
Amadeo Amodio
as Bert
Piero Vida
as Day Porter
Geoffrey Copleston
as Kurt
Manfred Freyberger
as Dobson
Ugo Cardea
as Mario
Hilda Gunther
as Greta
Nora Ricci
as The Neighbor
Piero Mazzinghi
as Concierge
Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
as Jacob
Luigi Antonio Guerra
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Carlo Mangano
as Porter (uncredited)
Anthony Forwood
as Opera Audience (uncredited)
Alvaro Tei
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Tonino Tommasi
Liliana Cavani
Screenplay
Director
Barbara Alberti
Story
Alfio Contini
Director of Photography
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Italo Moscati
Daniele Paris
Original Music Composer
Esa De Simone
Producer
Nedo Azzini
Art Direction
Jole Cecchini
Makeup Artist
Euclide Santoli
Osvaldo Desideri
Set Decoration
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Jean Marie Simon
Roberto Arcangeli
Sound Effects
Michael Billingsley
Sound Editor
Fernando Caso
Sound Effects Editor
Robert Gordon Edwards
Cesare Paciotti
Eugenio Rondani
Sound Designer
Decio Trani
Amedeo Pagani
Franco Cirino
Assistant Director
Johannes Freisinger
Mario Garriba
Second Assistant Director
Paola Tallarigo